Senator Ron Johnson: No Tariff Checks For You, You Silly Taxpayers! [View all]

Ron Johnson: No Tariff Checks For You, You Silly Taxpayers!
Sen Ron Johnson rejects the idea of sending Americans $2,000 of tariff money, calling it "unaffordable."
https://crooksandliars.com/2025/11/ron-johnson-no-tariff-checks-you-you-silly

By Chris capper Liebenthal — November 26, 2025

Sen Ron Johnson got his Scrooge on early this year when he appeared on Fox................................

BARFIROMO: So what about these $2,000 checks that the president has been talking about ...................

ROJO: We're $30 trillion in debt. We've averaged $1.9 trillion deficits over the last five years. Over the next 10 years, the projections are about $26 trillion in cumulative deficits. We have to address the deficit problem. We are on borrowed time here. So many people are whistling by the graveyard. If we're bringing revenue through the tariffs, that ought to be applied to reduce the deficit, not just to making cash payment to Americans.

BARFIROMO: It sounds like you would vote no in terms of $2,000 checks going to individuals.

ROJO: We can't afford it. I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we're not. Again, we'll have at least a $2 trillion deficit this year. Again, that compares to prior to the pandemic. Trump had deficits; he's run about $800 billion. Obama, his last four years, $550 billion a year. Now we're $2 trillion? Completely unacceptable. We have to start focusing on that and doing something about it......................