Elon Musk considers 'DOGE dividend' that would send $5,000 check to all Americans following massive budget cuts
Elon Musk showed interest in an idea that would guarantee a $5,000 payment, or 'DOGE Dividend,' to every American to show off the $55 billion in taxpayer funds saved.
I like what they are doing. And I'll take the 11 bucks.
Are you going to donate yours?
I know the hard sciences aren't a strong suit around these parts, but do some very basic math. 55 billion divided by 5,000 is 11 million.
There's no way to "No True Scotsman" the number of Americans down to 11 million. So how will they decide who gets the money?
I think we already know...
Meh, I think they are just throwing out that number or funsies. But to your point, to be more accurate, and if they stuck with head of households $400 to $500 would work. And I'd be fine with that.
Who knows. But ANY DOGE dividend would be fine with me. Better yet, get rid of all this nonsense and just go flat tax and UBI. I'd be stoked about that more than anything.
And I'd gladly call Trump "King" if he did that. lmao
That would be pretty cool if true, and if they didn’t also gut the welfare state and democracy.
But I still kind of doubt they’ll actually follow through.
How does that save money? Is he going to be paying it personally, from his own wealth?
Because it's only 20% of the money they have saved from canceling programs. So it's a big refund to us, that we've already paid the gvt.
But you are totally free to donate your 5K check if you don't believe in it.
Leaving aside how often theyve been proven by their own numbers to be lying about their totals, it's not even complicated math that you're getting bamboozled by.
Hell, you don't even need to do the math, you could logic your way out of this pretty easily.
Did you pay $5000 in federal taxes minus FICA last year? Did you pay $25k?
What happened the last time these idiots turned on a money printer?
Will these "savings" be disbursed every year? You're not getting the services that apparently cost 5x as much anymore.
Why not start a $25k yearly UBI if they aren't lying about the savings? The science is incredibly clear, it'd pay for itself, make even more programs unnecessary, and end homelessness overnight. Not to mention kick the economy into overdrive.
What does Elon, crypto enthusiast, have to gain from another round of inflation? Or the owner class in general, whose wealth is tied into inflation-resistant property?
No, I won't be burning the check in a pointless gesture of defiance.
I'll be buying guns and ammo with it for the collapse.
Free money, eh?
Nothing is ever free. If (massive emphasis on that if) this happens, there will be a terrible price to pay for it
there will be a terrible price to pay for it
And what price is that?
Yes, please.
This just shows off his deeply unserious they are. You don't even have to be good at math to know that $2 trillion is more than $55 billion. (And they haven't even provided evidence for that much cost-cutting.) That $2 trillion, and the resulting $5,000 check amount, is literally just a number that some Internet rando pulled out of his ass!
Seriously, how dumb do you have to be to fall for this super-obvious BS? I mean, I honestly don't think that the average MAGA supporter is that stupid; they just don't apply even a second of critical thought. It's just rah-rah, knee jerk support for their side. Like they've been conned...
Elmo is worth over $400 billion dollars. There are about 8 billion people on the planet. Do the math, you're lucky if he thinks you're even worth $50.
