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EnergizedLib

(2,895 posts) Tue Nov 11, 2025, 12:57 PM Tuesday

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So, let me get this straight [View all]

The checks President Biden sent in 2021 caused inflation to spike, but somehow these $2,000 tariff rebate checks won’t cause inflation to spike and this won’t be a problem?

Where’s MAGA’s outrage?

Oh right, they live on their own planet and in their own reality.

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So, let me get this straight [View all] EnergizedLib Tuesday OP

they are just taco checks, here today, gone tomorrow. nt yaesu Tuesday #1

You didn't read the fine print Jersey Devil Tuesday #2

Bessent has said that people *have been* receiving the money in other forms. RockRaven Tuesday #4

It won't cause inflation because RockRaven Tuesday #3

They probably spend money... lame54 Tuesday #7

Socialist check lame54 Tuesday #5

The real outrage is that his "tariff rebates" are sending back our own money he shouldn't have taken in the first place. Vinca Tuesday #6

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