{"id":25893,"date":"2026-02-23T19:14:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=25893"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:14:50","slug":"trumps-2000-tariff-dividend-checks-are-less-likely-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finderica.com\/?p=25893","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend checks are less likely, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Supreme Court\u00a0struck down a centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda\u00a0on Friday, also dealing a blow to the possibility of sending\u00a0so-called\u00a0tariff dividend checks\u00a0to families, experts say.<\/p>\n

“Tariff dividends were a long shot from the beginning,” said certified financial planner Stephen Kates, a financial analyst at Bankrate. “Given the White House’s lack of authority to unilaterally issue stimulus checks to Americans, the idea was largely aspirational,” he said. <\/p>\n

Any such broad-based benefit program would require legislation passed by Congress. Following a major Supreme Court defeat and with an ongoing partisan battle in Washington, congressional approval would be especially difficult, he said.<\/p>\n

“Even if tariffs were to return to prior levels and generate revenue for a broad stimulus program, there does not appear to be sufficient political support to move such a measure through Congress,” Kates said. “The odds of this policy moving forward is now effectively zero.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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