“Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary said on Monday that he despised the notion of sending tariff-funded rebate checks to Americans.

President Donald Trump floated the idea on July 25 and Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley introduced legislation for the checks on July 28. O’Leary said on “CNN News Central” that the U.S. government should “start paying down the debt” rather than send checks to Americans.

“We’re spending a ton of money that we don’t need to, many people feel, because we’ve overstimulated right through the pandemic five years ago,” O’Leary said. “It’s time to sober up and start paying down the debt. So this idea of money for nothing and checks for free, start sending checks out to everybody — I hate that idea. Many people hate that idea.”

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