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Trump says he’s weighing giving 20% of DOGE savings to Americans
CNBC ^ | 2-19-25 | Sean Conlon

Posted on 02/19/2025 5:32:58 PM PST by Strict9

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To: Strict9

Progressive tax …….then there better be progressive refunds.


41 posted on 02/19/2025 6:02:32 PM PST by Dave911
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To: Strict9

Wouldn’t hurt and it will help approval numbers. Even if 10% it would be concrete evidence.


42 posted on 02/19/2025 6:02:58 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Strict9
Trump says he’s weighing giving 20% of DOGE savings to Americans

I heard from Trump tonight the he wants to give 50% back to Americans as a payment and 50% back to Americans as debt reduction.

43 posted on 02/19/2025 6:12:03 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: Strict9

Wait What? We’re getting some money? Oh yeah.......we going sizzler, we going sizzler, ......yeah!


44 posted on 02/19/2025 6:13:27 PM PST by vespa300
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To: fruser1

“ Considering that some households have paid far more federal income tax than others, this is effectively wealth redistribution.”

He would do it on a percentage basis


45 posted on 02/19/2025 6:14:33 PM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: fruser1

It is a great idea and I applaud President Trump for coming up with it.


46 posted on 02/19/2025 6:15:06 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Winning in 2026 is a good goal.


47 posted on 02/19/2025 6:16:54 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: Strict9

Pay off the debt.


48 posted on 02/19/2025 6:18:49 PM PST by dljordan
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To: Strict9
20%! Yippee Ki Yea! The percentage keeps going up.
Make it rain Mr.President 💰💰💰👍
The rest of you can always send your checks back. Ya know. For the children.😂 Someone want to give your lost $$ back and some here want to put conditions on its done. How magnanimous of you.😄
49 posted on 02/19/2025 6:19:01 PM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: CatOwner

“Yeah. Somehow, people who haven’t owed any taxes”

Who is that?

Not anyone who is going to be in on this. Taxpayers only


50 posted on 02/19/2025 6:19:09 PM PST by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: fruser1

Money buys time.

Time buys change.


51 posted on 02/19/2025 6:19:10 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: stanne

I’d like to know the math for that.

Some households actually get refundable credits from the EIC program such that, not only do they not pay taxes, they get additional money back.

The wide variance in what people actually pay in taxes would mean we’d have payments ranging from nothing to the full amount in a distribution equivalent to what was paid over each individuals lifetime.

I find it hard to believe they are actually going to run those numbers, hence at best it’ll be wealth redistribution on a smaller scale.

Nevertheless, the beast has always been government spending so I still think calling back bonds with recovered money is the best way to go (and cut future budgets based on items no longer paid as well).


52 posted on 02/19/2025 6:25:52 PM PST by fruser1
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To: dljordan

Too many people struggling. 50/50 sounds good.


53 posted on 02/19/2025 6:31:04 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Strict9

You should get paid back in proportion to what you paid in!!!!!!!!!
If you paid nothing you get nothing.


54 posted on 02/19/2025 6:32:22 PM PST by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: fruser1

I like the idea of cutting taxes so that I can get a check every year for the rest of my life, and by “rest of my life,” I mean until the next president, President Hector Luis Gonzalez Bueno Camacho executive orders everything away


55 posted on 02/19/2025 6:33:12 PM PST by Strict9
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To: fruser1

Did you forget the biden and trump covid cash scam of 20 and 21? Millions of Americans who made too much money didn’t get a check. Yet, and to pay in and watch the scam in real time. That doesn’t even count all the ppp fraud waste and abuse.


56 posted on 02/19/2025 6:34:39 PM PST by Theoria
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To: Arcadian Empire

That’s cool. I just like his other ideas better and hope this one remains as an idea.


57 posted on 02/19/2025 6:35:13 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Strict9

IF he does this, he’ll be the first politician that has ever given me anything besides a headache.... Go Trump!!!!


58 posted on 02/19/2025 6:38:13 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: Arcadian Empire

Trump has swung over plenty to his side without this type of action.

People would have money with an even lower tax bill, which is what you would not get with a check.

But Trump is a business guy, not a stubborn ideologue like me, so has a wide variety of marketing techniques.


59 posted on 02/19/2025 6:38:23 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Strict9

Nice!


60 posted on 02/19/2025 6:39:13 PM PST by fruser1
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