@OwenBenjamin@ShawnRyan762 has said over and over that the attacks on him have ramped up ever since he has publicly said he’s using his platform to focus on his faith on going through the Bible. I think this is a perfect example of that. Stay strong, Shawn. Keep going.
@JDVance@JDVance I don’t care about federal loans if they’re being paid back. The govt makes a lot of money off of long term SBA loans, so let’s not act like this is some noble stance. What I do care about is the bailouts and the billions in tariff refunds that went to corporations.
@FoxNews I don’t care about federal loans if they’re being paid back. The govt makes a lot of money off of long term SBA loans, so let’s not act like this is some noble stance. What I do care about is the bailouts and the billions in tariff refunds that went to corporations.
While you never got that $2,000 tariff refund check that Trump promised, here’s who did:
Walmart: $2.9 billion
Apple: $2.2 billion
Nike: $986 million
Amazon: $600 million
GM: $500 million
UPS: $500 million
The Trump Administration: Of, by, and for the billionaire class.
Last year, I proposed the $5,000 DOGE Dividend that President Trump endorsed. Trump just announced a new $5,000 dividend. It's a bad idea. Here's why: the DOGE Dividend was financed by DOGE spending cuts. (Cut waste, save money, send a portion of it back to taxpayers.)
This new “dividend” has no offsetting spending cuts.
It's just new spending financed by more borrowing from China that adds to the $40 trillion in national debt when government borrowing costs (10-year Treasury yields) are already the highest in 3 years.
Unlike the DOGE Dividend, which was only to be sent to taxpayers, the new "dividend" check gets sent to everyone, which means non-taxpayers get more free money, which means more inflation.
This dividend will actually worsen the problem it tries to solve.
Inflation has never been solved by spending more money.
If you want to save Americans money right now, end the Iran War.
Here's how much President Trump could save us by doing it.
Start with gas.
It was $2.98 a gallon the day before the war began.
Today, it's $4.22.
$1.24 more per gallon, on 700 gallons a year for the average household, which comes out to about $900 a year in savings by bringing gas prices back to where they were before the war.
Now look at diesel, which matters even more.
Diesel was $3.65 a gallon before the war.
Today it's $5.94, an all-time high.
That's a 63% increase in 6 months.
You may never buy a gallon of diesel in your life. You pay for it anyway.
Diesel moves freight. It runs the trucks, the trains, the barges, the combines, and the tractors. Nearly every item on a shelf got there on diesel, which means diesel never shows up as a line item in a family budget. It shows up in the price of everything else.
America burns roughly 61 billion gallons of it a year. At $2.29 more per gallon, that is about $140 billion in added cost moving through the supply chain, or roughly $1,000 per household once it reaches the register.
Gas and diesel together: about $1,900 a year for the average American family.
End the war and put crude oil prices back where they were in February, and the average American family saves $9,500 over the next 5 years.
That is almost double the dividend check. It arrives every year instead of once. It requires no borrowing, no appropriation, and no new debt sold to China.
I developed the DOGE Dividend because cutting wasteful spending creates real savings, from which taxpayers can and should receive a dividend check.
This new "dividend" does not do that.
It's ironic that at a time when Republicans are rightly calling out socialism on the left, they would make their closing pitch at their national convention: "if you vote for us, we'll give you $5,000 and make someone else pay for it."
If that isn't socialism, I don't know what is.
@AndrewKolvet That’s your inference. Where is your positive evidence?
It’s not too late to have a good faith conversation with Candace. Be a man. Sit in the room with her and discuss the simple facts. Everyone would respect it. Y’all are losing this narrative wildly. It’s the only way.
@CaliMom559@JodyChaseTN If it’s not TP funding it, it’s DW. Nailed it 🎯 they picked the nastiest twat to try and bait her. Hope she doesn’t bite & completely ignores this attention seeking hack.
Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined.
Think about that.
Government has become so big and bloated that taxes cost more than life's basic necessities. Every American taxpayer should be outraged.
@MattWalshBlog Thank you for not letting up on this, Matt. Wild this is what they’re going with when our taxes, housing, healthcare, fuel, vehicle and literally ALL other expenses are at an all time high. This talking point they’ve latched onto is a page straight out of the Biden admin playbook
@megynkelly Megyn, criticizing Caitlin for not commenting on this is NO DIFFERENT than everyone jumping on YOU for not condemning Candace. It’s your choice what you choose to comment on just like this is hers. Stop trying to bully her into saying what you want her to say.