Another Republican lawmaker said that the cost of a $2,000 tariff dividend payment floated by the Trump administration could cost an “astronomical” amount, signaling more GOP opposition to the measure.
Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) told Fox Business on Nov. 28 that sending out the payments to Americans would have to be evaluated to determine the potential cost involved.
“The cost of those is going to be really astronomical,” he said, responding to whether he supports the payments. “I think we need to worry about taking some of this money and actually paying down our debt.”
Murphy said he might consider a tariff dividend payment to help low-income people, but “we have to look at the cost” of the payments….