$5,000 checks

A proposal to send $5,000 to every adult citizen is part of this fall's midterm campaign. Five questions: who pays for tariffs, what to do with tariff money, the price of the checks, who should get one, and whether a promise like this belongs in a campaign.

5 questions · about 3 minutes

Question 1 of 5

When the United States puts a tariff on imported goods, who do you think mostly pays the cost?

Mostly American buyers. Importers pass the tariff on in higher prices here, even if foreign sellers absorb some of it

Mostly foreign sellers. To keep selling here, they cut their prices to absorb the tariff, even if some of it reaches American prices