The Hidden Cost of Tariffs
While tariffs bring in government revenue, they also raise prices on imported goods — from electronics to clothing to auto parts. Those higher costs are often passed directly to consumers.
That means Americans are, in effect, funding their own dividend checks through higher prices at the checkout counter.
Economists warn this creates a cycle:
- Tariffs raise prices
- Consumers pay more
- Government collects more revenue
- Government sends back part of it
- Inflation risks increase
Investor Kevin O’Leary recently called the idea of tariff-funded checks a “short-term band-aid” that could worsen inflation rather than solve underlying economic problems.
IT IS GOOD FOR THE HANDYCAP PERSON>
Overnight stores and gas station automatically raise the prices of gas without them paying at a higher cost ! What a joke ! Over charge customer at the pump when the war just started ! Given an excuse to charge customer at will !!!!
Thanks to dump in Iran gas isn’t $2.50 a gallon anymore. It’s now $3.50.
Are you just really stupid? He was drowning in the blood of all the people he killed (foreign and his own people). He should have been taken out 45 years ago, unfortunately no one until Trump had the balls to do it. You should be greatful just like the Iranian people are.
You are really blind, what world are you living in!?
Why can’t you just tell the truth about the checks, are they coming or not
Why do you keep speculating about this stimulus check and give people a definite answer of whether or not this is true. Otherwise just shut up until you actually know something.
will my wife and i receive the money?
will my daughter and her husband get the money also
Cut the bullsjit. Stimulus now. 5000
But critics argue the numbers don’t add up — and that tariffs function more like a hidden tax on consumers than a true source of “free money.”
The critics are full of it.