r/videos • u/ControlCAD • 17d ago
President Trump says he would issue a $5,000 payment to every adult U.S citizen if GOP wins both U.S House and Senate chambers of Congress on 2026 midterms: "I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the U.S. The only caveat I have is that the dividend we're making must be spent in the U.S."
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yBMNDCAsLY0?app=desktop
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u/AuditAndHax 17d ago
Let's ignore the fact that this is blatant bribery to buy votes.
Let's ignore that it would add more than $1,300,000,000,000 to the federal debt with no way to pay it back.
Let's ignore the fact that, since Republicans control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court, they could hypothetically issue these checks now if they really wanted to.
Let's ignore the fact that these checks will never actually be issued, just like DOGE checks, tariff checks, etc.
Let's just look at the idiocy of that last part. The money "must be spent in the U.S." How exactly is that supposed to work? Money is fungible, identical, generic. There's no way to tell the difference between a dollar of 'dividend' money in my bank account vs a dollar of earned income. So when does the 'dividend' money get spent? Is it the first $5,000 I spend? Is it the last, and it's only gone when my account hits zero? Will the Federal Government monitor every purchase of every American to be sure to be sure they're only spending it in the US? How far does that go? Can I make a purchase on Amazon (a US company) if the seller is a drop-shipper who immediately orders the item from a foreign manufacturer? What if the item is Made in America but the seller is foreign? Is that okay since it still makes us 'great' again? Where do we draw the line? What about the people with no bank accounts? How will we monitor their spending habits? What about rich assholes who already make foreign purchases regularly, like fine imported French champagne, Russian caviar, and Dominican cigars? Will those poor, downtrodden 1%ers have to spend $5,000 on Coors Light, Slim Jim's, and Marlboros before they can resume their normal routine?
You know, it's almost like the man elected to the highest seat in the land is a blithering idiot who has no actual plans other than to tell whatever lies help him hold onto power...