Why Trump's $2000 Tariff Dividends Aren't Rebates [5:03] [Creative Commons]

While Trump is promising $2000 stimulus checks, it seems like a good time for some reminders about how tax payments and inflation work in the US.

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Why Trump's Tariff Dividends Aren't "Rebates" [5:03]

While Trump is promising $2000 tariff dividends, it seems like a good time for some reminders about how tax payments and inflation work in the US.

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Why Trump's Tariff Dividends Aren't "Rebates" [5:03]

While Trump is promising $2000 tariff dividends, it seems like a good time for some reminders about how tax payments and inflation work in the US.

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Battery saver color scheme included

Music

TrackTribe - I Had A Feeling (YouTube audio library)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ6uUaUWbM

Software

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FFmpeg

HandBrake

No software was paid for in the making of this video.

Extra visuals

Washington Stories Bureau of Printing and Engraving video from the US National Archive via archive.org
https://archive.org/details/WashingtonStoriesBureauOfEngravingAndPrintingEngraving

Nighthawks painting by Edward Hopper
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper.png

High resolution photo of Extra Coop supermarket beverage aisle posted by Wikimedia user Wolfmann
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extra_Coop_Supermarket,Amfi_Shopping_mall,_Os%C3%B8yro,_Hordaland,_Norway,_Distorted_panorama_2018-03-22._Beers_in_chiller_refrigerators,_on_shelves_in_rack,_aisle,_interior%28Hansa,N%C3%B8gne%C3%98,_Tuborg,_etc.%29_A.jpg

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While Trump is promising $2000 tariff dividends, it seems like a good time for some reminders about how tax payments and inflation work in the US.

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