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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      1 month ago

      Billionaires only getting $300 billion to share amongst them? Don’t make me laugh. They don’t need pocket change. Come back to me when you are distributing $300 billion PER billionaire.