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Alright, let's get one thing straight right off the bat: if you believe the IRS is just handing out $1,390 or $2,000 in November 2025, you're exactly the kind of person scammers prey on. Seriously.
The "Stimulus" Fantasy
The internet's buzzing about this supposed new stimulus payment. A $1,390 direct deposit from the IRS just showing up in your account? Sounds great, right? Too good to be true? Of course it is. The IRS isn't doing that. Fact-checkers have already debunked this crap. There's no active IRS payment schedule for November 2025. IRS Stimulus Payment November 2025: Are you getting $1,390 direct deposit? Is IRS Stimulus Payment buzz tr - The Economic Times
And yet, people want to believe. They need to believe. I get it. Times are tough. Inflation's eating away at your paycheck, and the idea of a surprise windfall is appealing. But come on, people! How many times do you have to fall for this stuff before you learn?
It's like those emails from Nigerian princes offering you millions if you just send them a "small" processing fee. Or those "urgent" calls from "Microsoft" saying your computer's infected with a virus. It's the same damn scam, just repackaged for a new generation of suckers.
I saw one comment online that said "I'm planning my holiday spending around this check!" Planning your finances around a rumor? Are you kidding me? That's like betting your rent money on a horse race based on a dream you had. It's irresponsible and frankly, kind of pathetic.
And the scammers? They're loving it. They're licking their chops at the prospect of all those juicy Social Security numbers and bank details they're about to steal. Links, pop-ups, emails asking for your personal info… it's all a trap. The IRS never contacts you that way. Official announcements only appear on IRS.gov or the Treasury Department websites. Anything else is BS.
Trump's Tariff Dream
Okay, so where did this whole stimulus fantasy even come from? Well, there's some connection to Trump's "tariff dividend" idea. He proposed paying Americans around $2,000 each, funded by tariff revenue. Sounds great, right? Free money! Except... it's Trump.
He even said it would exclude higher-income households. So, basically, it's a handout aimed at buying votes. Let's be real.
In the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2025, tariff revenue was $195 billion. Paying $2,000 to, say, 150 million people earning $100,000 or less would cost $300 billion. So even if the numbers did add up, this is still just a pipe dream. There's been no legislation, no actual plan. It's just Trump being Trump, throwing out ideas to rile up his base.
And people are clinging to it like it's a life raft.
Here's the thing: I ain't saying Trump is wrong to consider it...but the IRS ain't gonna do it. So why are people so desperate for a handout? Is it just because they're broke? Or is it something deeper, a sense of entitlement, a belief that the government owes them something? Maybe it's both.
Then again, maybe I'm the crazy one here. Maybe I'm the only one who sees this for the blatant scam it is. Maybe everyone else is just smarter than me. Nah, probably not.