Trump backs idea to send “DOGE savings” welfare checks to Americans

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

“President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he likes the idea of giving some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend. He said at an investment conference in Miami that the administration is considering a concept in which 20% of the savings produced by DOGE’s cost-cutting efforts goes to American citizens and another 20% goes to paying down the national debt. Trump also said the potential for dividend payments would incentivize people to report wasteful spending.” (02/20/25)

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/02/20/trump-backs-doge-dividend-musk/