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ProfessorGAC

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4. I Said The Same Yesterday
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 09:57 AM
Tuesday

First, even if it's $2,000 per household, that will cost over $240 billion. Trump's own people are projecting $195 billion in tariff revenues. If it's 2 grand per person, it creates a $500 billion hole in the budget.
Second, the claim was it would eliminate the deficit and pay down debt, but giving more away than is being taken in does the opposite.
Bassett can try to play word games about "different forms" all he wants but it doesn't change the math.
It's worse than a "hail mary". It's a lie.

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