In his latest attempt to buy the midterm elections with taxpayer money and inflation, Trump promised that if Republicans win, all adult Americans will receive annual payments of $5,000.
This new entitlement would add about $1.35 trillion to annual budget deficits, cost more than Medicare, and be second only to Social Security in size. However, if the program were actually enacted, it would soon become the third-largest federal expenditure, as interest on the national debt would quickly surge to number one.
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