As the Tax Foundation’s Erica York quickly pointed out, about 150 million people make less than $100,000. She noted that sending each of them a $2,000 check would cost $300 billion, and Trump’s tariffs are only projected to raise $217 billion annually.

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    2 hours ago

    What’s 2k going to do? It’s a short term fix. How about we have a long term solution?

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      1 hour ago

      How much does one hospital trip cost?

      How much does food for a year cost?

      $2000 is nothing.

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        35 minutes ago

        That’s not a long term solution. We’ll get “Just Dance” Vance, who will continue the project and continue dancing through 2028. The d’s need to get their shit together, and so far my expectations are buried underground.

        Has politics always been this awful or am I tuning in because it’s so especially bad?