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Trump’s tariff “dividend” plan: spend imaginary money, break actual law

Jason Weisberger
Nov 11, 2025
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Stable genius Donald Trump’s latest idea for economic relief sounds simple enough: take the billions supposedly pouring in from his tariffs and hand every middle- and lower-income American a $2,000 “dividend.” Unfortunately, experts say there’s one tiny snag: the money doesn’t actually exist.

“Even with the mos…

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