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Elon Musk considers 'DOGE dividend' that would send $5,000 check to all Americans following massive budget cuts
Daily Mail ^ | 2-18-25 | Stephen Lepore

Posted on 02/18/2025 9:50:32 PM PST by Strict9

Musk replied, curious, but said that he 'will check with the President.'

Fishback added: 'American taxpayers deserve a 'DOGE Dividend': 20% the money that DOGE saves should be sent back to hard-working Americans as a tax refund check.'

'It was their money in the first place! At $2 trillion in DOGE savings and 78 million tax-paying households, this is a $5,000 refund per household, with the remaining used to pay down the national debt. Elon Musk, let's do this! This is how we rebuild trust in our government.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: debt; deficit; dividend; doge; inflation; nlz; stupid; trump; yeahright
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If this did happen, no money to illegals. Only citizens
1 posted on 02/18/2025 9:50:32 PM PST by Strict9
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If it happened, within five seconds democrats will scream that the refunds need to be taxed.

Flippln’ parasites.


2 posted on 02/18/2025 9:53:35 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
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To: Strict9

Would I get $2500 for being “kind of” American?


3 posted on 02/18/2025 9:53:38 PM PST by Jonty30 (Groundhogs don't falsify their predictions for grant money, whereas climate scientists do. )
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To: Strict9

Tax paying citizens, not including those that file, pay no taxes and get a CTC refund check.


4 posted on 02/18/2025 9:53:58 PM PST by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: Strict9

If it is based on the income taxes I have paid, I will be a big winner. Make it so.


5 posted on 02/18/2025 9:56:10 PM PST by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist ,MAGA)
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To: eastforker

later in the article it says “per household” so, being worded weird I don’t know if they mean individual taxpayer or household. Dunno


6 posted on 02/18/2025 9:59:44 PM PST by Strict9
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To: Strict9

They should go full fledged Democrat on this. Make the cuts and have the money. When Democrats complain make it a campaign issue in 2026.

Simply truthfully say, “They’ll put $5000000, in their pocket and none in yours. But we’ll put $5000 I yours and none in ours. Who ya gonna vote for?”

Buy a landslide, a really bigly landslide


7 posted on 02/18/2025 10:00:34 PM PST by Fai Mao (The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: Strict9

‘It was their money in the first place! At $2 trillion in DOGE savings and 78 million tax-paying households, this is a $5,000 refund per household


8 posted on 02/18/2025 10:00:41 PM PST by Strict9
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Great. And as a senior citizen, I’d also ask that they STOP taxing Social Security benefits.

Thank you very much.


9 posted on 02/18/2025 10:01:26 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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Buy a landslide, a really bigly landslide
also by a landslide
10 posted on 02/18/2025 10:03:25 PM PST by BipolarBob (Remember kids: Think positive and test negative.)
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only TAXPAYING citizens

360m in the country... 150m file taxes.

and the top 20% of taxpayers should get more... since they pay 90%+ of all taxes


11 posted on 02/18/2025 10:04:21 PM PST by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Strict9

Musk is doing nothing of the kind. He is only advising according to the White House. Nice sentiment, though.


12 posted on 02/18/2025 10:04:56 PM PST by madison10
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To: Strict9

If DOGE has already saved 111 Billion dollars in just 5 weeks, how long will it take to reach that 2 Trillion number?

https://www.usdebtclock.org/


13 posted on 02/18/2025 10:05:01 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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I have mixed feelings about this. That money is exhibit ‘A’ in the world’s biggest theft and money laundering ring in history e.g. the democrat party. A check won’t buy my trust, culpability will.


14 posted on 02/18/2025 10:08:11 PM PST by SpaceBar
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Not this crap again..

I pay 6 figures in taxes.

Just take the money and pay down the damn debt already.

It is not the responsibility of govt to be Santa

And we know for darn sure that like Covid money, any refunds will go to fraud disproportionately


15 posted on 02/18/2025 10:09:19 PM PST by Professional ( )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Just a tweet, so dunno. I remember the Covid stimulus— I blew it on crypto so I’m no financial whiz. ha


16 posted on 02/18/2025 10:10:30 PM PST by Strict9
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pay down the damn debt already...

By far the most ethical and fiscally responsible thing to do.
17 posted on 02/18/2025 10:11:29 PM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Responsibility2nd

That was my reaction too. I would believe tens of billions, even hundreds of billions. Trillions is pretty much absurd.

They have not found 2 trillion dollars.


18 posted on 02/18/2025 10:12:14 PM PST by Owen
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To: Professional

6 figures? What do you do?


19 posted on 02/18/2025 10:16:07 PM PST by guitar Josh
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Is Elon getting too far over his skis?
Is DJT having Elon test out ideas for him?
Are they both trolling the liberals and having the most fun of their lives?
At first I was indifferent about Elon. Now I don't want their bromance to end.
20 posted on 02/18/2025 10:19:49 PM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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