President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime is generating so much revenue for the federal government that Washington could eventually return some of that windfall to taxpayers.

Even though Trump’s historically high tariffs were designed to revive American manufacturing and to help chip away at the national debt, the president sounds open to using tariffs for another purpose: rebate checks.

“We’re taking in so much money that we may very well make a dividend to the people of America,” Trump said Tuesday.

Although discussions on rebate checks are preliminary and nothing is imminent, it’s easy to see how this idea could be quite popular among voters.

After all, who doesn’t like getting a check from Uncle Sam?

These rebate checks could be a lifeline for people struggling to make

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