Elon Musk says he and the President will be discussing a “DOGE dividend,” which will be a tax refund sent to EVERY taxpayer

X ^ | 2/18/25 | Nick Sortor

[Toughluck_freeper]

Time it right before the midterm elections, when the Doge department is scheduled to unwind.

I really hope for a Republican house and senate for the next four years.

[Laslo Fripp]

LOL 😂

[fruser1]

Well, maybe I don’t understand the point of your question. The direct answer is that the debt is a US government obligation and is in the form of bonds/bills owned by many around the globe. So when I say pay back the debt, that’d entail calling some of those bonds back.

I presumed you meant, rhetorically, that the debt is owned by all people in the US.

[ronnie raygun]

Waiting for the reparation’s crowd to start screaming about this

[i_robot73]

Long as it only pertains to *REAL* tax PAYERS (those that wrote a check+); not those given someone ELSE’s $ (EITC) or the “I got a ‘REFUND’(their own $ back, having given Fedzilla an interest free loan)” crowd.

[1Old Pro]

Exactly, how about they average your taxes paid over the past 10 years and return 50% of your average annual payment.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Dems are already showing charts in congress showing Biden reducing the debt and Trump increasing it. It’s a lie, but DOGE has not collected any funds yet. Are Trump and Elon making their move too soon?

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

A more appropriate way to refund that savings would be to send it back proportionately. The more someone paid in taxes, the more they would get back. Didn't pay taxes? No DOGE dividend.

After all, that's how dividends work, right? The more you have invested, the greater the return.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Elon Musk Wants $5,000 for Every Taxpayer – But White House Blocks Him

[reasonisfaith]

“I presumed you meant, rhetorically, that the debt is owned by all people in the US.”

I meant exactly the opposite. There is no moral obligation for one person to pay another’s debt.

It’s like me borrowing a loan for a car or a house and then saying you have to make the monthly payments.

[Resolute Conservative]

I want my share that I paid that was stolen and/or misappropriated. They have been stealing from use/me for decades. You want to reduce debt do that with a balanced budget and tax and spending cuts.

[OKSooner]

Thank you.

[OKSooner]

Then go extract the amounts stolen from all the klepocrats, or a “pound of flesh”, in the metaphorical sense.

After the fair trial(s), mind you.

[Retain Mike]

In regard to inflation, I like the Imprimus article "Inflation in the United States" by John Steele Gordon. That is where I got my comment that gold was a measure of inflation, rather than a method of control.

He starts his article by saying, "Money is just another commodity, no different from petroleum, pork bellies, or pig iron. So money, like all commodities, can rise and fall in price, depending on supply and demand. But because money is, by definition, the one commodity that is universally accepted in exchange for every other commodity, we have a special term for a fall in the price of money: we call it inflation. As the price of money falls, the price of every other commodity must go up".

[Svartalfiar]

WHT authorizes them spending money on this? A reformulation of tax tables, sure, but just randomly sending every taxpayer $5000 doesn’t fall under FedGow’s powers...

[dragnet2]

I want my share that I paid that was stolen and/or misappropriated. You want to reduce debt do that with a balanced budget and tax and spending cuts.

100%

Btw, I need to set up an account so all these freepers who don't want money that was stolen at gun point from them can easily transfer to me.☺

[fruser1]

Ok, now I understand your point. Nevertheless, I don’t agree with extending that analogy to general taxation and government spending, as much as I think most government spending is inappropriate. I’d still say the most appropriate handling of any clawed back funds is towards the debt as opposed to sending everyone a check.