Source: The Hill
by Merrill Matthews
“There is no public policy idea so dumb to preclude some member of Congress from whole-heartedly supporting it. … Now that Trump’s tariffs are extracting billions of taxpayer dollars from Americans, Hawley proposes to have the government hand out checks to most Americans. Let’s call them Hawley Bucks. According to The Hill, Hawley’s proposal would offer $600 ‘tariff rebates.’ Children are included, meaning that it ‘would give a family of four $2,400.’ The senator says, ‘Like President Trump proposed, my legislation would allow hard-working Americans to benefit from the wealth that Trump’s tariffs are returning to this country.’ What a stupid statement. That ‘wealth’ Hawley’s referring to belonged to Americans, and the money isn’t ‘returning’ to America because it was already here.” (08/05/25)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5436045-american-worker-rebate-act/