Valuetainment - November 12, 2025


ā€œIs Trump Buying Votesļ¼Ÿā€ - $2,000 Tariff Dividend Debateļ¼š Smart Strategy or Political Bribeļ¼Ÿ


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Trump announces a $2,000 tariff dividend to be paid to all Americans except high-income earners. Does it go far enough? Is it a good idea or a bad idea? Does it have any chance of passing the Senate?

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00:00:00.000 All right, let's go to this one. Guess what? The president wants to send you $2,000.
00:00:03.920 He says they'll issue $2,000 tariff dividends to all except high-income earning people.
00:00:08.540 Rob, has that been announced or no, that he's going to be doing that?
00:00:10.860 Is that aā€”
00:00:11.560 He announced it yesterday. I haveā€”
00:00:13.800 He announced it yesterday?
00:00:14.980 So let me read this to you for some of you guys, if you haven't received it yet,
00:00:20.620 on what 800 number to call.
00:00:22.420 President Donald Trump on Sunday gave his cell phone number to call for the $2,000 tariff payments
00:00:27.100 that at any point you can text them. That's a joke, folks. I'm not giving you his phone number.
00:00:32.180 Claim the dividend check of at least $2,000 will be paid to Americans except for high-income earners,
00:00:37.520 saying the country is now wealthy as a result of its tariff policies.
00:00:41.140 People that are against tariffs are fools.
00:00:43.980 We are now the richest, most respected country in the world with almost no inflation and a record stock market.
00:00:49.580 401ks are higher than ever. We are taking in trillions of dollars
00:00:52.540 and soon we'll be beginning paying down our enormous $37 trillion debt.
00:00:58.620 Record investment in the U.S. plants and factories are going all over the place.
00:01:01.960 A dividend of at least $2,000 a person, not including high-income people, will be paid to everyone.
00:01:10.660 I wonder when. Can I give a guess on when I think the payment will be made?
00:01:14.940 When has the midterms?
00:01:15.820 October of 2026.
00:01:17.780 Yeah, right before the midterm.
00:01:19.200 Yeah, exactly. Smart.
00:01:21.240 In an ABC interview this week on Sunday, Treasurer said Scott Besson said that he has not spoken to the president
00:01:26.280 about the proposal on dividends.
00:01:27.480 A $2,000 dividend could come in a lot of forms, in a lot of ways.
00:01:31.240 Besson told Anchor Stepanopoulos, you know, it could be just the tax decreases that we're going to see
00:01:37.820 in the president's agenda, you know, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security,
00:01:44.400 deductibility of auto loans.
00:01:45.780 Tom, how important is this, Tom?
00:01:47.420 Well, I think it's very important, and I think, you know, people that want to call that number 1-800-86-NANCY,
00:01:53.300 to put their name on the list, you know, I think it's, stepping back a minute,
00:01:59.540 I think it's important because he said there's going to be a benefit for all Americans.
00:02:03.800 And I don't think this is George McGovern's $100, you know, trick that didn't work.
00:02:09.440 I don't think this is the stimulus package that Biden put out where he basically printed money,
00:02:17.080 and don't throw the comments out, I know we don't print anymore, but issuing digital currency.
00:02:22.800 I think this is real, and I think he's trying to help people, and I think he's throwing in that little bit.
00:02:29.980 But not the people that are overwealthy.
00:02:31.660 You don't need that.
00:02:33.100 This is for the people.
00:02:34.040 Let's hear what Mr. Besson has to say.
00:02:35.380 Go ahead, Rob.
00:02:35.760 I love this guy.
00:02:36.240 His main argument, though, seems to be that it's about taking in the revenue,
00:02:39.400 and he also promised this morning a dividend of at least $2,000 a person,
00:02:44.360 not including high-income people.
00:02:45.780 How is he going to pay that dividend of $2,000 a person?
00:02:49.140 It's not about taking in the revenue.
00:02:50.800 It's about rebalancing.
00:02:52.000 And the revenue occurs early on, and then as we rebalance and the jobs come home,
00:02:59.520 then it becomes domestic tax revenue.
00:03:02.560 Are you worried that the president's focus on revenue, though,
00:03:04.580 which is what he's been focusing on in his public statements,
00:03:06.920 is going to hurt your argument at the Supreme Court?
00:03:08.920 Not at all.
00:03:10.040 It's completely consistent that the revenues come in at the beginning.
00:03:13.880 Then as we rebalance, which is the goal of this, bring back high-paid manufacturing jobs to the U.S.,
00:03:21.200 then it will then morph into domestic tax revenues.
00:03:25.900 You know, President Trump has consistently fought for the American worker,
00:03:29.760 and we are seeing trillions of investments in the U.S.
00:03:33.160 that would not have occurred without the tariffs.
00:03:36.300 The other thing, too, is the authority that he uses is called IEPA.
00:03:40.720 It is an emergency authority.
00:03:42.660 And he used that emergency authority.
00:03:45.300 He got the Chinese to the table to negotiate on stopping the precursors for fentanyl drugs.
00:03:52.600 If fentanyl, hundreds of thousands of Americans dying every year is not an emergency, what is?
00:03:59.360 On October 8th, the Chinese threatened to put export controls.
00:04:03.880 So do you think good idea or bad idea is sent $2,000?
00:04:07.060 I think it's a good idea.
00:04:08.440 Tell me why it's a good idea.
00:04:09.380 I think it's a good idea becauseā€”
00:04:11.040 Is that buying votes, though?
00:04:13.660 I think lowering taxes is buying votes.
00:04:17.520 You almost beat Adam on the pause.
00:04:19.400 No, I thinkā€”
00:04:20.100 Yeah, I think anything a politician does can be said to be buying votes.
00:04:25.680 But there's fair ways to do it, and there's not fair ways to do it.
00:04:28.700 Because that's what they're going to criticize it for.
00:04:30.360 They're going to say, likeā€”
00:04:30.960 Sure.
00:04:31.200 You know, he's justā€”and all these years, they made fun of what Democrats do, that all
00:04:35.320 they do is buy his votes, and then at the end of the day, that's what Republicans did.
00:04:39.700 Look, you go on TV with George Suckin' Octopus, and you know, you're going to get that response.
00:04:46.060 You're going to get that response fromā€”
00:04:47.640 I'm not really going low today.
00:04:49.100 No, it doesn't matter what you do.
00:04:50.860 It's going to beā€”you're going to get hit either way.
00:04:53.500 You know, it'sā€”you do it, and you're buying votes.
00:04:57.140 You don't do it, and you'reā€”you don't care about the little guy.
00:05:00.740 That's the way it's going to be spun.
00:05:02.040 Little guy.
00:05:02.120 It's going to be spun.
00:05:03.640 Little guy.
00:05:04.020 By the way, I don'tā€”
00:05:04.920 What do you think?
00:05:05.440 How does Stephanopoulos even have aā€”like, if you were sued for however many millionā€”
00:05:10.220 Oh, there's an expiration date on his career.
00:05:11.880 Oh, okay.
00:05:12.340 Because I would have been like, yo, bro, you're not going to be in front of the camera.
00:05:14.680 You keep watching.
00:05:15.380 It's not going to be tomorrow.
00:05:16.560 It's not going to be this year.
00:05:17.820 He's going to go buy them.
00:05:18.280 He's another one of these guys with the big contracts that are getting truncated, and the
00:05:22.980 contracts are going to be lower, or he's not going to be in the chair.
00:05:25.560 Mark my words.
00:05:26.660 You know what?
00:05:27.480 Tag this, and let's go 12-31 of next year and go see what has happened.
00:05:32.780 Okay.
00:05:33.260 And I'm going to show you what's happened in the media landscape.
00:05:35.840 You wait and see.
00:05:36.720 Allen Conference is coming.
00:05:37.980 We can't wait.
00:05:38.600 Yeah.
00:05:38.960 You saidā€”what do you think?
00:05:42.660 That was another pause.
00:05:43.980 You're about to go with Bidenville again.
00:05:45.320 I'm sorry.
00:05:46.160 There's like a malfunction.
00:05:47.080 You're going to start shaking hands.
00:05:48.500 I'm telling you today, I'm not functioning normally today.
00:05:50.780 I'm goingā€”
00:05:52.560 You're going to be unburdened by what could have been.
00:05:54.160 Do I think that they should send $2,000 stimulus checks to people?
00:05:57.320 Hell no.
00:05:58.600 You know how much money they send to people?
00:06:01.200 Zero.
00:06:02.680 Absolutely zero.
00:06:03.500 Stop giving people money.
00:06:05.640 Stop printing more money.
00:06:07.260 It doesn't work.
00:06:08.680 It's never worked.
00:06:10.140 These stimmy checks where you're sending people $500, $1,400, $3,000.
00:06:15.480 You're making the country broke, and you're making broke people feel somewhat wealthy for about five seconds.
00:06:23.560 And then they go spend that money, and it circulates back to the economy, and that broke person who doesn't know how to spend their money stays broke, and the money flows where?
00:06:32.120 Up or down, PPD?
00:06:33.520 Flows to the top.
00:06:34.840 Stop printing money.
00:06:36.520 Zero.
00:06:36.820 The COVID stuff, $5 trillion.
00:06:38.840 The CARES Act.
00:06:40.100 The TARP.
00:06:40.900 The American Rescue Plan.
00:06:42.680 Enough with giving people money.
00:06:44.900 It's not about buying votes.
00:06:46.340 It's about we're $37 freaking trillion in debt, and you want to give every American $2,000?
00:06:51.740 Save that money, idiots.
00:06:53.460 We're not giving you any more money.
00:06:54.680 So here's the challenge.
00:06:55.600 The challenge with that is, as great of a common-sense message it is, I get it.
00:07:02.980 This is the challenge right now, and I've...
00:07:07.660 The challenge is, you've already brainwashed everybody into where we are today with the debt system.
00:07:18.900 Right after we got off the gold, it's where we are today.
00:07:21.920 This is America, right?
00:07:24.080 This is the new America with debt.
00:07:25.800 But for somebody to come in to want to pay off the $37 trillion of debt, you almost have to be a five-term president.
00:07:37.100 You need 20 years.
00:07:38.280 Trump, 20, 45, everybody.
00:07:40.620 You need 20 years to be able to put that together.
00:07:44.020 I agree with that.
00:07:44.440 So let's just say you save the money.
00:07:47.060 Next guys come in, they spend the money, and then they win.
00:07:51.340 We're going to give you free.
00:07:53.020 We're going to lower...
00:07:54.920 We're going to give you free.
00:07:56.320 We're going to give you free.
00:07:58.880 And it's like the back and forth, and you know what happens every single time?
00:08:02.100 Debt increases, whether it's a Republican or a Democrat.
00:08:04.440 It's not like...
00:08:05.140 Now, the difference here is, this tariff thing is so sexy to me.
00:08:09.760 Let me tell you, it's so exciting and sexy to me.
00:08:12.240 Because I think it's a real way for us to pay off some of that debt.
00:08:16.260 That excites guys like me.
00:08:17.980 But unfortunately, you know, if we were to get...
00:08:23.900 Tom, if we were to get a land, okay, real nice mountains, on the water, both sides, and
00:08:32.860 you were giving us 10 million people, you know what we would do, Tom?
00:08:36.440 We wouldn't allow everybody to vote.
00:08:39.340 We wouldn't.
00:08:41.260 We would treat it like a company.
00:08:44.620 Shareholders get to vote.
00:08:47.800 Everybody else, you don't get to vote.
00:08:50.300 Decisions are going to be made by people that contribute to society.
00:08:53.360 For sure.
00:08:53.820 That is the biggest problem we have in America, because common sense policies won't permanently
00:09:00.280 win because the way you get to vote in America.
00:09:05.260 I hope this doesn't upset you, but we should put the link to something you did, I think it's
00:09:10.040 now seven years ago, which was in the analysis of who gets to vote and how many votes you
00:09:14.540 get.
00:09:15.480 You know, it was a lightning rod at the time, but maybe put the link in the comments here
00:09:19.400 if people go back and look at that, because it talked about, hey, stakeholders and contributors,
00:09:24.200 you vote.
00:09:24.740 That's such an old video, Tom.
00:09:26.260 It was...
00:09:27.100 Well, let me tell you, if I put that up there, here's what I made.
00:09:31.440 But it made your point.
00:09:31.860 Rob, we may put the unlisted version of it.
00:09:34.740 Here's what we'll do.
00:09:35.380 So, if for those of you guys that are on the PBD Podcast Circle, if you're in it, that
00:09:42.120 video, I don't think is...
00:09:44.580 Is that it, Matt?
00:09:45.280 No, that's not.
00:09:46.080 It's a different one.
00:09:47.300 That's not it.
00:09:47.880 It's a different one.
00:09:48.520 Rob, if you can, just text it to me.
00:09:49.900 Text it to me if you can.
00:09:50.700 That's a conversation that we had.
00:09:52.560 But I'm going to find an old, old, old one where...
00:09:57.380 You laid out the logic.
00:09:58.720 I did, but it's going to piss off so many people.
00:10:01.840 Good.
00:10:02.260 Not the people that read the logic.
00:10:03.620 And remember, I shot this video April 15th of 2014.
00:10:07.040 Oh, wow.
00:10:07.700 Wow.
00:10:08.160 This is how many years ago?
00:10:09.200 11 and a half years ago.
00:10:11.080 And guess what jersey I'm wearing?
00:10:12.980 How weird is this?
00:10:14.540 Look at the jersey I'm wearing.
00:10:16.160 This is like a...
00:10:17.000 You know what jersey I'm wearing, Vinny?
00:10:18.360 Subotis?
00:10:18.940 No, I'm wearing a...
00:10:20.280 Yeah, that's it.
00:10:20.620 Arvita Subotis? 0.99
00:10:21.640 I'm wearing a Yankees jersey.
00:10:24.860 Wow.
00:10:25.080 I love it.
00:10:25.620 Okay, forecasting.
00:10:26.820 Look at this.
00:10:27.740 I love it.
00:10:28.940 You manifested it.
00:10:29.160 You manifested it.
00:10:29.540 I'm going to post it, Rob.
00:10:30.840 You manifested it.
00:10:31.100 I'm going to post this in...
00:10:32.800 It was April 15th, right?
00:10:34.140 April 15th, yeah.
00:10:34.500 And it was 4 in the afternoon after you'd written the check, so you're in kind of a bad mood.
00:10:39.340 New match is like, he's wrong.
00:10:41.500 You better go earn the right, the damn book.
00:10:44.120 So, if you want to see it, Rob, give him the link to the circle, and I'm going to put that link.
00:10:49.060 I just want to make sure we made it unlisted and not private, so I don't want it to be...
00:10:53.880 I think it's an unlisted video.
00:10:56.080 If Humberto's listening, Humberto, if you can make it unlisted, that will be great, and then just text me back the video.
00:11:02.100 I'll text it to Humberto so he has it as well.
00:11:03.680 Hey, Pat, just really fast about the tariffs, Tom.
00:11:05.540 Like, you know how...
00:11:06.780 Like, again, every single thing that the president has been trying to do, they have to oppose it.
00:11:13.100 Every single thing, right?
00:11:14.480 Even the tariffs.
00:11:15.540 Didn't it go to the Supreme Court that they're trying to fight to reverse what he's doing and bringing in billions of dollars every single month?
00:11:23.760 But you morons are out there like, no, we don't...
00:11:27.100 This is unconstitutional, and they're literally...
00:11:30.020 I think November 5th they heard oral arguments about it.
00:11:33.260 They're trying to reverse the tariffs where this freaking guy is trying to make us money.
00:11:37.280 What the hell is wrong with the...
00:11:38.600 What's wrong with the Democrats?
00:11:39.860 So, let me see.
00:11:40.360 The Democrats want the Supreme Court to say you didn't have the authority to do that, so the tariffs get pulled back, so the economy becomes really worse,
00:11:47.480 and it goes from almost crap to complete crap in time for the elections next year.
00:11:53.160 So, tell me what you don't understand.
00:11:54.580 Oh, now that you clarify like that, I'm good.
00:11:57.140 That's exactly right.
00:11:57.600 I'm good.
00:11:57.880 And by the way, to 350 million of you, to hell with you guys. 0.55
00:12:02.360 We're going to get power.
00:12:03.260 Yeah, exactly.
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