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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"

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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Music

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

Software

Linux

Kdenlive

GIMP

FFmpeg

HandBrake

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Washington Stories Bureau of Printing and Engraving video from the US National Archive via archive.org
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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
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4320p ultrawide (8K DCI) rendered in 2 segments using 16GB of total shared RAM/VRAM, insufficient for full single render. Spliced using LosslessCut FFmpeg GUI, then combined with audio using FFmpeg CLI remux (no transcoding).

Standard widescreen version arranged separately and rendered in a single segment before compressing for optimal file size. Compression: HandBrake, AV1, preset slider speed at 1, RF slider at 28

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Why Trump's Tariff Dividends Aren't Rebates

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.

https://piefed.social/c/politicalvideos/p/1550153/why-trump-s-tariff-dividends-aren-t-rebates

#Obama said people shouldn’t give #Trump credit for the strong #economy after the 2016 election. “It was my economy,” Obama said, adding all Trump did was give tax cuts to the wealthy & corporations.

Obama took direct aim at an argument uninformed Trump supporters use to explain supporting him: that he sent a #StimulusCheck during the coronavirus #pandemic. He reminded the crowd that both he & #Biden sent Americans checks but Trump was the only one self-centered enough to put his name on them.

A chrome extension that replaces the word “austerity” with “pussy ass bitchness” #StimulusCheck