We’re supposed to be grateful when the government returns some of the money it took from us. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
Trump is – once again – promising to give Americans back some of the money stolen from them by the government. By Trump himself, in this case – because it was he who imposed massive taxes on Americans who were told they were merely “tariffs” and so wouldn’t cost them any money. These tariffs – which of course are taxes applied to the manufacturers of things that are then passed along to the buyers of things – have increased the cost of new vehicles by at least as much as the paltry $2,000 checks Trump says Americans may receive sometime next year. By which time it is likely – so he hopes – everyone will have forgotten the promise and moved on to some other thing.
As they have already forgotten the $5,000 checks Trump hinted Americans would get as their refund for the money saved by Elon Musk’s DOGE operation, which everyone seems to have forgotten about, too. Or would just rather not think about anymore, for the same reason a rape victim tries to forget what happened to her.
What almost no one asks anymore is – why don’t they just stop stealing our money? Then they wouldn’t have to go through the motions of giving some of it back to us. Well, the answer to that question is one we already know.
Roman politicians bought the support of the masses by literally throwing money at them, too. Of course, the plebes – as they were known then – had been robbed to pay for it all. History never changes. Just the names and places.
Does anyone remember when Trump suggested the income tax might be abolished because tariff-taxes would make income-taxing Americans unnecessary? Why is it that few ever ask who (and it’s never us) gets to decide what is “necessary” in the first place?
You get $0.00 and stop all the noticing.