Erica York on Government Spending

Statements and actions by Erica York on this topic.

Public disputes concerning public expenditure, fiscal commitments, payments, budgets, and the use of taxpayer funds.

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1 statement on this page. Dates: September 10, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 10, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: September 10, 2026

Erica York
Role at the time: Tax Foundation economist, commenting on her own X account
September 10, 2026Challenged the characterization
Responding to
JD Vance said tariff penalties had generated revenue and helped pay down debt while presenting tariffs as a possible source of the proposed dividend.
"There has been no paying down of the debt with tariff revenue"
Why we used this label
Explicitly disputes the factual fiscal description supporting the proposed dividend. This is not treated as agreement with the bribery accusation.
Erica York challenges tariff funding and the debt-reduction rationale (opens in a new tab)

- Erica York

Original X post and reply context

York responds to the tariff-revenue defense, arguing that a one-time payment would consume almost a decade of projected new-tariff revenue and contesting debt reduction. These are her fiscal assertions; the dossier does not certify her projection model.

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