{"id":7373,"date":"2025-11-11T21:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/11\/how-long-would-it-take-to-pay-for-trumps-2000-dividends-wbff\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T21:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:29:45","slug":"how-long-would-it-take-to-pay-for-trumps-2000-dividends-wbff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/11\/how-long-would-it-take-to-pay-for-trumps-2000-dividends-wbff\/","title":{"rendered":"How long would it take to pay for Trump’s $2,000 dividends? – WBFF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by AHTRA ELNASHAR | The National News Desk<\/p>\n

Tue, November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Updated <\/span>Tue, November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 02: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a \u201cMake America Wealthy Again\u201d trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, DC. Touting the event as \u201cLiberation Day\u201d, Trump is expected to announce additional tariffs targeting goods imported to the U.S. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 <\/span>President Donald Trump said his administration will send low- and middle-income Americans $2,000 dividends using revenue generated from his tariffs, but can the government afford it?<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump said his administration will send low- and middle-income Americans $2,000 dividends using revenue generated from his tariffs, but can the government afford it? (TNND)<\/p>\n

Trump’s tariffs are projected to raise $300 billion per year, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which estimates Trump’s promise to pay Americans dividends would cost about $600 billion. This means it would take two years per $2,000 payment, starting in 2027. If the Supreme Court<\/a> agrees with lower court rulings that the majority of Trump’s tariffs are unconstitutional, it would take closer to seven years to pay $2,000 dividends using the remaining tariffs not affected by this decision, according to the committee.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cast doubt on the idea that Americans would receive checks, saying the dividend<\/a> “could come in lots of forms.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt could be just the tax decreases that we are seeing on the president\u2019s agenda,” Bessent said.<\/p>\n

Direct payments would have to be passed by Congress. The president hasn’t explained whether he intends for the dividends to be recurring like regular dividends or if he views this as a one-time payment.<\/p>\n

Based on National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett’s recent statements to the media, it appears the administration views this as a one-time thing. <\/p>\n

“Because of Biden\u2019s inflation, which averaged 5% over four years, people on average lost about $3,400 in purchasing power and they\u2019ve gained about $1,200 this year, but there\u2019s still room to go,” Hassett said. <\/p>\n

However, Goldwein and others warn that pumping that much money into the economy would just make inflation worse, which the country experienced at the end of the pandemic. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s interesting to talk about \u2018Bidenflation,\u2019 but what really sparked that inflation\u2014of course, it was building up for a lot of reasons\u2014but what really sparked it was that last round of $1,400 per person checks that we sent to every American household after a $600 check,” Goldwein said. <\/p>\n

Trump’s original priority with surplus tariff revenue<\/a> was to pay down some of the $38 trillion national debt, which is rising every year by just shy of $2 trillion, or at least help offset the $4 trillion deficit spending under Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Just last month, Trump said in an interview, \u201cNumber one is paying down the debt because people have allowed the debt to go crazy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Hassett suggested the administration will instead use a “big surge in tax revenues” to reduce the deficit. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe reality is, we have surpluses in tax collection months, so we have surpluses in April, we have surpluses in September,” Goldwein said. “This is normal. On a steady state, we have seen no surge in revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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