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    Republikaner im Senat: „Wir können uns keine Zollschecks im Wert von 2.000 US-Dollar leisten.“

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    1. DoubtSubstantial5440 on

      We need the money to give more taxpayer funded bennies to the ultra wealthy, the only people that matter in this country

    2. Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo on

      Cuz they need all that tax revenue to fund multi-million dollar tax breaks for the couple hundred billionaires who they actually work for.

    3. dblan9 on

      >“Look, we can’t afford it. I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we’re not,” Johnson told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo.

      He literally just admitted on FOX that tariffs are in fact a TAX on Americans that we paid.

    4. LuvKrahft on

      The checks were a lie but Trumps golden ballroom definitely screams “Republicans Can Afford It!”

    5. XavierTempus on

      But they can afford $40 billion to Argentina, $500,000 to eight senators, $230,000,*000* to Trump, and all the other shake-downs this regime is imposing on America.

      RICO trials for the Republican Party.

      ***Edit:** Initially forgot three zeroes on Trump’s shakedown.*

    6. Kiss-my-kitty- on

      It’s interesting how $2,000 direct relief is suddenly unaffordable, but tax breaks and subsidies for corporations never trigger the same concern. Budget priorities say a lot about who lawmakers think they work for.

    7. jbranchau78 on

      yeah, because we just gave like $3 trillion to billionaires and millionaires like a few months ago

    8. MC_Fap_Commander on

      The tariff checks are such a monumentally bad idea. Even two grand would be (at best) a couple month stopgap for people having difficulties. What people really want is wage gains and manageable inflation levels.

      These stupid tariff checks would obliterate any chance for those latter two items. He just as well call them „The Executive Order to Enact Stagflation.“

    9. Diligent-Engineer428 on

      We can afford to pay for their healthcare, vacations and any other perks they enjoy. Not to mention..
      But where’s all the money from defunding all these federal agencies? 

      All their bank accounts have been getting higher and higher since January

    10. LetsgoRoger on

      They also can’t afford SNAP or Medicaid. No money available unless it’s tax cuts for billionaires or funding for ICE raids.

    11. Lostsailor73 on

      Seems like we have something in common, we can’t afford your tariffs…so, I guess the reasonable response is to rescind all tariffs effective immediately.

    12. Past_My_Subprime on

      It’ll probably be a non-refundable tax credit, so that poor people won’t get anything.

    13. usernames_suck_ok on

      We can’t afford health insurance that costs $600+ per month.

      Your turn.

    14. Significant_Cup_238 on

      It’s bad policy, but we could afford it. Just have to stop cutting taxes for the ultra wealthy and and beefing up ICE to rival the Pentagon in cost.

    15. BeautysBeast on

      This was NEVER going to happen. Why anyone believes a word out of Trumps mouth is an idiot.

    16. BuddhistGamer95 on

      Cuts into the tax break for the billionaires we could somehow afford.

    17. Krytan on

      But we can do $40 billion to Argentina, $780 billion to CEO’s in the PPP loans forgiven, $180 billion to Ukraine, and $20 billion to Israel.

    20. thequietthingsthat on

      It’s just like how they could afford forgiving PPP loans for millionaires and billionaires but couldn’t afford 10k in student loan forgiveness

    22. Gonzo_B on

      What happened to the TRILLIONS in *pure profit* they’re claiming the government earned in tariffs so far?

      Oh, right, none of it is real and the points don’t matter.

    23. Boomshtick414 on

      >“Look, we can’t afford it. I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we’re not,” Johnson told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo.

      Or, you know, Ron Johnson could lead the charge in Congress letting the executive branch enact tariffs left and right, and there would be no reason to *return the American public their own money.*

    25. nobodyisfreakinghome on

      RIGHT! And we also cannot afford $1T to the oligarchs, but here we are.

    27. Dame2Miami on

      I had to pay $50 for a package I received from a private seller from Europe after it arrived. Thats AFTER already paying for shipping. Customs sent me a bill for another $50 wtf. How can you not afford to send everyone a check if you raking in this much more money? $50 from just one random package. You’re taxing millions of packages so WHERE IS THE MONEY LEBOWSKI?!

    28. Ohuigin on

      But $150 billion for the Gestapo. If you vote Republican, you hate America and everyone in it. Including yourself.

    30. katalysis on

      He’s right. We also couldn’t afford to make Trump tax cuts for the wealthy permanent. What happened there?

    31. Survive1014 on

      But we can afford golden ballrooms, a arc de triumph, redoing a hardly used presidential golf course and four luxury airplanes now.

    32. Lefty_22 on

      But somehow we can afford a $300MM ball room?

      For fuck’s sake, just start over. Kick Trump out. Kick out the current Congressional leadership. Both sides. They are all driving this country in the wrong direction. Filling their pockets for retirement or their decedents. Lining their coffers. Some Senators clearly have no plans to ever leave office and appear to want to die of old age instead. What a disgrace.

    33. stanthebat on

      We can afford trillions of dollars in tax breaks for Musk and his buddies though.

      We can all afford to use our retirement savings to cover their bets when their AI investments go south, too.

    34. Shadowthron8 on

      Excuse us while we send 100 billion dollars to Argentina and Israel and spend 650 billion while the government is literally shutdown

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