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BumRushDaShow

(158,835 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 03:06 AM Jul 29

Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill to send tariff rebate checks to Americans

Source: NBC News

July 28, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT


Republican Sen. Josh Hawley introduced legislation Monday to provide tariff rebate checks of at least $600 per adult and child to American families, similar to the stimulus checks the government distributed during the Covid pandemic. Hawley, R-Mo., submitted his legislation after having pledged to do so Friday after President Donald Trump told reporters he would be interested in sending a tariff-related rebate check to Americans.

“Like President Trump proposed, my legislation would allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump’s tariffs are returning to this country,” Hawley said in a statement. Hawley, who championed stimulus check legislation with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during the Covid pandemic in 2020, put forward his new bill to echo that past effort.

The program would be set up as a refundable tax credit, with the government sending checks this year should the bill advance through Congress and get Trump’s signature. The bill would ensure that each adult and dependent child would get at least $600. It would also allow a larger rebate per person should tariff revenue exceed projections.

The bill would reduce the rebate by 5% for joint filers who have adjusted gross income in excess of $150,000, a head of household whose income exceeds $112,500 and an individual taxpayer whose income exceeds $75,000.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-josh-hawley-introduces-bill-send-tariff-rebate-checks-americans-rcna221457

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Sen. Josh Hawley introduces bill to send tariff rebate checks to Americans (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 29 OP
The gop pretending. C Moon Jul 29 #1
On what budget? mwooldri Jul 29 #2
I Thought All of the "Handouts"... ruet Jul 29 #7
Yeah. You know, I NEVER seem to hear about the deficit hamsterjill Jul 29 #17
Why would americans need a rebate Hornedfrog2000 Jul 29 #3
i always thought the tarriffs should be tax deductable samnsara Jul 29 #9
Great news Farther Jul 29 #4
Is Josh Hawley admitting that tariffs are paid for by American consumer? ProudMNDemocrat Jul 29 #5
that barely pays for the additional costs we have had to pay on samnsara Jul 29 #6
So...a tax refund radicalleft Jul 29 #8
And for those without enough income to file taxes? SergeStorms Jul 29 #11
Even those seniors like myself and my wife who do file each year but pay no taxes. Bengus81 Jul 30 #34
IF we get one, Dem2theMax Jul 29 #10
extreme care if warranted w/how we approach this topic cadoman Jul 29 #12
Reasonable, But... ProfessorGAC Jul 29 #21
possible -- do you think the tariffs are perhaps not even active and they are simply fudging the revenue? cadoman Jul 29 #22
You Say "Fudged", They'll Say "Projected"... ProfessorGAC Jul 29 #23
isn't it interesting that increasing tax rates on high income earners is not inflationary cadoman Jul 30 #25
The Tariff Is Not Based On Manufacturing Cost ProfessorGAC Jul 30 #36
that was exactly my point cadoman Jul 30 #37
We Disagree ProfessorGAC Jul 30 #39
Crumbs for the masses cloaked as giving a shit. Vinca Jul 29 #13
Exactly! oasis Jul 29 #19
And will probably on go to Quanto Magnus Jul 29 #14
You can SMELL the rank desperation off of this desperate move. Paladin Jul 29 #15
Insane. I mean, how far does $600 go... ananda Jul 29 #16
Or if you're so poor you don't pay federal tax at all? This is a tax rebate, Ocelot II Jul 30 #27
Not even a deposit in your accout. It's a tax CREDIT. Most seniors file but don't pay taxes. Bengus81 Jul 30 #33
DON'T IMPOSE TARIFFS! Marthe48 Jul 29 #18
you have to make 75,000 as an individual prodigitalson Jul 29 #20
I'm thinking their game plan is get Democrats to vote AGAINST this bluestarone Jul 29 #24
you and a handful of others see it, but not enough cadoman Jul 30 #26
So then let's vote for it and bring on more inflation to blame Trump. OrlandoDem2 Jul 30 #29
So...how about the Dems propose a $6,000 check to adults under 100K of income Bengus81 Jul 30 #31
Good point! bluestarone Jul 30 #38
Wish I could I_UndergroundPanther Aug 1 #42
What happened to the $5000 rebate check? OrlandoDem2 Jul 30 #28
Chicken shit money......all to buy the mid-terms Bengus81 Jul 30 #30
Oh look! FalloutShelter Jul 30 #32
Free Money certainly makes for popular policy. Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #35
My landscape guy, a MAGA type said... Old Testament Libera Jul 30 #40
Hawley says the rebate is going to "Trump blue-color voters--the people whom Joe Biden crushed"--Is this riversedge Jul 31 #41
I heard that too. raccoon Aug 1 #43
Josh Hawley is all about claiming Republicans are "the party of the Working Class" thought crime Aug 1 #44

hamsterjill

(16,397 posts)
17. Yeah. You know, I NEVER seem to hear about the deficit
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 02:14 PM
Jul 29

When a Republican is in the White House. Go, figure!!!

Farther

(156 posts)
4. Great news
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 05:18 AM
Jul 29

My wife and I have been wanting to take a trip to Toronto. We'll spend every Loony there.

SergeStorms

(19,696 posts)
11. And for those without enough income to file taxes?
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:32 AM
Jul 29

00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Bengus81

(9,209 posts)
34. Even those seniors like myself and my wife who do file each year but pay no taxes.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:25 AM
Jul 30

Haulin' Hawley's plan would get myself and my wife $0.00

I'm soooooo fucking shocked.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
12. extreme care if warranted w/how we approach this topic
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:41 AM
Jul 29

Facts:

1. When those "Trump checks" went out during the start of COVID19 (there is still an ongoing pandemic that many are not aware of) it was a huge boon for him.

2. The average voter sees a name on the check and thinks it's from that individual. Just as they think Reagan or Clinton really built Reagan National Airport or Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. The average voter has a limited knowledge of government.

3. In terms of individual experience, those checks were the most positive government experience the average taxpayer had in their lives. (Few voters consider the benefits of national defense, foreign aid, financial regulation, supporting Democracy, etc.)

4. The tariffs are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars and the inflation impacts have not yet hit.

5. The cost to send out the first round of CARES act checks was about $300 billion.

6. The tariff income is in proportion to what the CARES act sent out...

It is critical that if any checks go out they are labeled properly and have no Krasnov/GQP association on them and that they are not labeled as somehow being from the tariffs.

The goal for the GQP here will be to send these checks out just before the 2028 midterms and for them to be labeled as the "Trump Tariff Check"

ProfessorGAC

(74,108 posts)
21. Reasonable, But...
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:18 PM
Jul 29

...I don't believe #4. Tariffs of 0.1% of GDP not yet creating inflationary pressure is illogical.
It is more logical to suggest that if no inflationary pressure has yet to surface it is because those "hundreds of billions" are not real to this point.
Extending to the fact that since it's known liars reporting said revenues, they may be imaginary.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
22. possible -- do you think the tariffs are perhaps not even active and they are simply fudging the revenue?
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:42 PM
Jul 29

I hadn't considered the possibility but it can't be ruled out based on inflation essentially flat-lining.

I would hope that if any Congress members suspected revenue was being fudged that they would draw up impeachment charges...

I figured something that some on here are gonna find repugnant: that the modest tariffs tRump has TACO'd into are going to have a modest price impact and create modest revenue. If the treasury is reporting customs revenue accurately, it is totaling hundreds of billions so far. If they send out checks before 2028 we need to be ready to respond to that policy and perhaps even embrace it.

https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/reports-statements/mts/current.html

Recall that economists predicted bigtime inflation from the earlier China tariffs and it never materialized. The new deals are also allowing us access to markets that were previously blocked through the tariff policy of other countries. I think hostility to Krasnov is clouding some folks judgements of his actions, and running us into policy canyons. We need to be able to separate the policy from the person.

ProfessorGAC

(74,108 posts)
23. You Say "Fudged", They'll Say "Projected"...
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 06:57 PM
Jul 29

...and then accuse us of being too impatient.
Will tariffs raise revenue? Sure, but at what expense to the overall economy as there is no way those increases are paid by anyone other than US consumers.
A few other points: they reported $28 billion for June. That's only $336 billion a year.
That's not even 8% of the federal budget and Hawley is already proposing legislation to give it to consumers. ($600 per person, up to 3 per household). The revenue impact on the deficit will become negligible.
As to the earlier China tariffs and economic predictions, there is scant evidence that the tariffs were actually collected. That's where the "projections" come in. It is impossible to believe that 30-50% duties on trillions of imports did not cause upward price pressure.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
25. isn't it interesting that increasing tax rates on high income earners is not inflationary
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:02 AM
Jul 30

But somehow increasing tax rates on giant multi-national corporations importing largely slave-produced goods is supposed to be?

Is it possible we have been sold a bill of goods on this topic? Is a modest tariff that incentivizes domestic production an inherently bad policy? Consider asking someone who works in manufacturing their opinion before answering this.

What is the price passthrough rate in reality? How much do you think a $148 pair of Lululemon knickers cost them to make at a sweatshop?

https://shop.lululemon.com/p/womens-trousers/Daydrift-High-Rise-Tapered-Pant-Regular/_/prod20002107?color=70108

When the tariffs go to "50%" on this item, how much does Lululemon's costs go up? What do you estimate their markup is?

ProfessorGAC

(74,108 posts)
36. The Tariff Is Not Based On Manufacturing Cost
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:30 AM
Jul 30

It's based on the transfer cost, often considered wholesale price.
I'm sure you're right about the mark-up, though.
If the cost to produce is $30, and the transfer cost is $40, the tariff at 50% would be $20.
The margin would then be $88 from $148 retail, or roughly 60%. The "manufacturer" could easily absorb that $20, though I'm doubtful they would.
As to your first point, I've never heard a credible argument how high tax rates on large incomes is inflationary. So, I can't comment on the comparison.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
37. that was exactly my point
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:42 AM
Jul 30

We (rightly) aren't concerned with inflation being a consequence of increasing taxes on the rich, so why would we be concerned with a modest taxation on imported product that is disproportionally produced/harvested/mined using slave labor? These products are marked up massively before they reach store shelves.

A manufacturing worker here, in a well regulated and safe environment, with a variety of insurances and benefits and protections, of course can't compete with unsafe slave labor overseas without some sort of economic incentive to keep that production here. That incentive can be a tariff.

You say you are doubtful they would absorb the hit, but here's the thing: they already have and most people didn't realize it because the news wasn't blasting it out. Part of the hit is also absorbed through a reduction in currency manipulation--another critical variable that is frequently ignored.

Some of the cost does show up in price (usually low single digits), but that's exactly the intent: give domestic manufacturers a bit of an advantage to encourage production here.

And for Lululemon the cost of those britches is gonna be single digits, not $30. They could pay a 1000% tariff and still be highly profitable.

Paladin

(31,461 posts)
15. You can SMELL the rank desperation off of this desperate move.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:57 PM
Jul 29

Something---anything---to get attention off of trump's open-and-obvious links to the pedophilia news.

ananda

(32,887 posts)
16. Insane. I mean, how far does $600 go...
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:59 PM
Jul 29

when you are either out of a job, locked up,
deported, or homeless?

So... really?

Ocelot II

(126,748 posts)
27. Or if you're so poor you don't pay federal tax at all? This is a tax rebate,
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:05 AM
Jul 30

and the only people who would get it are those who made enough money to have already paid at least $600 in federal income tax.

Bengus81

(9,209 posts)
33. Not even a deposit in your accout. It's a tax CREDIT. Most seniors file but don't pay taxes.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:21 AM
Jul 30

What a load of fucking bullshit.....

Marthe48

(21,571 posts)
18. DON'T IMPOSE TARIFFS!
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 02:42 PM
Jul 29

The problem is one of their own making, and the stopgap solution is pitiable.



bluestarone

(20,143 posts)
24. I'm thinking their game plan is get Democrats to vote AGAINST this
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 07:04 PM
Jul 29

Just to use in midterms against us. It wouldn't surprise me one bit.

 

cadoman

(1,617 posts)
26. you and a handful of others see it, but not enough
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:03 AM
Jul 30

I'm going to use the tariff cash to have something stiff on hand to drink when the rest of the forum-goers realize we have been out-maneuvered again.

Bengus81

(9,209 posts)
31. So...how about the Dems propose a $6,000 check to adults under 100K of income
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:16 AM
Jul 30

And then watch haulin' Hawley haul ass to vote against it. Don't just bitch about it Dems,use it to YOUR advantage.

OrlandoDem2

(3,077 posts)
28. What happened to the $5000 rebate check?
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:12 AM
Jul 30

And what happened to “stimulus creates inflation?”

And what happened to the “tariffs will pay the debt”?

FalloutShelter

(13,721 posts)
32. Oh look!
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 10:18 AM
Jul 30

Last edited Wed Jul 30, 2025, 12:11 PM - Edit history (1)

They're throwing Sinkers bars off the Pedo Parade Float.
Show them your boobs, America, maybe you'll get beads with that.


40. My landscape guy, a MAGA type said...
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 04:08 PM
Jul 30

...that it would be $5,000. So I like to ask him if he got his $5000 yet.

I suspect that tariffs will hardly generate any revenue at all, so this just increases the deficit.

riversedge

(77,360 posts)
41. Hawley says the rebate is going to "Trump blue-color voters--the people whom Joe Biden crushed"--Is this
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 12:48 AM
Jul 31

for real????

thought crime

(717 posts)
44. Josh Hawley is all about claiming Republicans are "the party of the Working Class"
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:33 PM
Aug 1

Going after blue collar workers with the same old trickle down economic policy. His support for a ban on stock trading in congress is a step in the right direction if it is done in good faith, but he's got a much, much bigger leap to make before his claim to support the working class can be seen as legit.

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