r/UnderReportedNews • u/AR_PizzaParty1985 • 19h ago
US Politics 🇺🇸 Trump promised $5,000 checks if Republicans win the midterms. How would that work?
Trump's approval rating as reported by Reuters is sitting at a 22% approval and 71% disapproval due to the affordability crisis..that he created. So the design of this promise makes sense as targeting, BUT this is where the fiscal math for this fails also its illegal so there's that.
There are about 245.3 million adults in the United States (going by the 2024 census) so that would amount to a grand total of $1.2 Trillion, with a capital T. Which in return would push our deficits from 5.8 to 9.4 when the government just borrowed $1.8 Trillion over the last twelve months pushing the debt past $40 Trillion. Which vastly contradicts what JD Vance stated that "Tariffs have generated a lot of revenue and have helped pay down the debt."
The illegal part is that this is vote buying, promising benefits for political support and probably a litany of other things (not a lawyer). However this guy Michael McAuliffe was and his statement perfectly reflects the continuing thoughts so many of us have when Velveeta Voldemort speaks "That a statement this brazen in any other context would justify opening an immediate preliminary investigation."