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If you're Trump, and a guy like Ron Johnson takes a dump on your genius idea, maybe life's sending you a message [View all]
I haven't seen Trump's "$2000 checks scheduled to arrive mid-2026, right before the Midterms" scam as anything other than a blatant attempt to BUY VOTES.
Johnson's invoking the deficit.
A prominent Republican senator broke with President Donald Trump after rebuking him on his proposal to issue Americans $2,000 checks, going as far as to compare him unfavorably with former President Barack Obama.
“Look, we can’t afford it. I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we’re not,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said, speaking on with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, according to Fox 8 on Monday.
“We’ll have at least a $2 trillion deficit this year. President Trump had deficits about $800 billion. Obama, in his last four years, $550 billion a year. Now we’re $2 trillion? Completely unacceptable.”
ALSO READ: We elected an imbecile — and his latest move could kill us all
Trump first floated the idea of issuing Americans direct checks in early November, though he didn’t offer a specific dollar amount, instead suggesting the money could be redirected from what Democratic lawmakers were pushing to be spent on extending Obamacare subsidies. At a total of around $125 billion, the proposed funding for the subsidies, split up between the roughly 260 million American adults, would amount to about $481 per person.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-stimulus-checks-2025/
“Look, we can’t afford it. I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we’re not,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said, speaking on with Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo, according to Fox 8 on Monday.
“We’ll have at least a $2 trillion deficit this year. President Trump had deficits about $800 billion. Obama, in his last four years, $550 billion a year. Now we’re $2 trillion? Completely unacceptable.”
ALSO READ: We elected an imbecile — and his latest move could kill us all
Trump first floated the idea of issuing Americans direct checks in early November, though he didn’t offer a specific dollar amount, instead suggesting the money could be redirected from what Democratic lawmakers were pushing to be spent on extending Obamacare subsidies. At a total of around $125 billion, the proposed funding for the subsidies, split up between the roughly 260 million American adults, would amount to about $481 per person.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-stimulus-checks-2025/
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