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Cruz on $5K dividend: ‘I don’t think we should be paying people that are not working’
Cruz said he would support the payments only as tax refunds for workers, while critics warn the plan could cost more than $1 trillion.
- On Thursday, Senator Ted Cruz told Fox News' Jesse Watters he would support President Donald Trump's $5,000 "dividend" proposal only if restructured as a tax refund for working Americans.
- President Donald Trump unveiled the $5,000 dividend plan at a GOP convention in Dallas to secure control of Congress, though the proposal has faced pushback from both Republican moderates and conservatives.
- Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins warned the dividend would cost more than $1 trillion and lacks an income cap for nearly 270 million American adults, making it "extraordinarily costly."
- Trump separately suggested he might bypass Congress to implement the plan, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune defended putting money back in Americans' pockets but declined to commit to a floor vote.
- Cruz argued the government should incentivize work rather than pay people who are not working, insisting any relief be limited to those paying income and Social Security taxes.
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Legislator Ted Cruz doesn't think it's right that people without a job can get a $5,000 check as Donald Trump puts it.
·Los Angeles, United States
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Sen Ted Cruz wants Trump’s proposed dividends structured as a tax refund
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, discusses President Donald Trump’s proposal to award $5,000 dividends to every adult U.S. citizen if the GOP wins control of Congress on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.’
·New York, United States
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Cruz on $5K dividend: 'I don't think we should be paying people that are not working'
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a prominent conservative voice in the Senate GOP conference, says he’s willing to support President Trump’s proposal to give $5,000 dividend payments to U.S. adults provided that they are structured as tax refunds and go to people who work and pay taxes.
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