Here’s What Trump Has to Say About the ‘DOGE Dividend' Proposed by Elon Musk

PJ Media ^ | 02/19/2025 | Matt Margolis

[SeekAndFind]

Trump continued, “And pay down debt, which is, if you look at value, if it were a real estate balance sheet, the debt is tiny, but we still want to pay it down. Doesn't matter. We don't look at it as a piece of real estate. It's America. We're going to get it down through intelligence, hard work, and, as Elon said, a word called ‘caring.’ You have to care.”

[SeekAndFind]

RE: [We are considering] a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens and 20% goes to paying down debt,” he said.

OK, THAT’S 40%. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 60%?

[WashingtonSource]

Reduce the deficit.

[lightman]

A “DOGE Dividend” would pour kerosene on the fires of inflation.

[stars & stripes forever]

Must be like a credit card. Paying down the debt, but still spending money.

[NoLibZone]

Why just 79M families?

Where’s the remaining 60% going?

[NoLibZone]

Why just 79M families?

Where’s the remaining 60% going?

[rellic]

I’ve been paying taxes since age 16.
I’m now 69.
Any refunds should only come to taxpayers.
not to the useless shits we have supported
all these years.
I’ll probably donate any windfall I get to a charity of MY choice.
Despite all the barriers Democrats have erected in my life
I’ve done OK.

[Kleon]

It will probably be redistributed to more worthy agencies, such as DOGE and border patrol.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

Clearly, high earners should get proportionally more than middle, low, and non-earners. That would reduce the impact on inflation.

[Liz]

Why just 79M families?

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Dividend goes to only those paying federal taxes.

[madison10]

Spend it?

[madison10]

Taxpayers. Not everyone?

[RandallFlagg]

Personally, President Trump should come out and tell the American taxpayer that because the federal government abused their tax dollars, no federal taxes will be taken away from them for the entirety of his presidency.

Of course, Democrat run states will then say that because there’s no federal taxes taken out, they can go ahead and raise their state taxes.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

Take taxes paid in 2023 or 2024. Refund about 9% on 2025 return, which is roughly the amount ($5,000 times 79 million = $395 billion).

[FormerFRLurker]

I hope it’s better than Trump 1.0’s “tax cut”, which raised my taxes. I’ll believe it when I see it.

[FormerFRLurker]

Doesn’t that fall under “20% goes to paying down debt”?

[CatOwner]

Yep, raised ours, too. Not by a lot, but still more.

[Organic Panic]

Tax breaks. Forget a check.

[Sequoyah101]

And other nasty things

Restoring my trust and confidence will take more than $5k. How about an honest budget for the first time in 1/4 Century?