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Trump calls $5,000 payouts 'easy' to fit into federal budget
Trump says the federal government can afford $5,000 checks for about 240 million adults if Republicans keep Congress.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump reiterated his promise to provide a $5,000 dividend to every adult in the United States if the Republican Party retains control of Congress, insisting the government can afford the plan.
- Trump first unveiled the proposal at the Republican Party convention last week, which would cost roughly $1.2 trillion for approximately 240 million adult citizens amid rising fiscal pressures.
- Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget warned the result would be a "huge spike in the deficit, and almost certainly in the inflation rate." Government spending reached about $7 trillion in fiscal 2025.
- Democratic politicians, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, dismissed the plan as not a "serious proposal," while New York Republican Representative Mike Lawler declined to commit, citing the $4 trillion debt.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged that "the devil's in the details" and Congress must approve payments, while Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno pledged to draft legislation for the dividend immediately after November elections.
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Many RNC Convention Attendees Balked at Trump's Plan to Cut $5K Checks for Americans
Several attendees of the Republican National Convention (RNC) midterm convention Thursday were less than enthusiastic about President Donald Trump’s $5,000 dividend proposal or had not formed an opinion yet. During […] The post Many RNC Convention Attendees Balked at Trump's Plan to Cut $5K Checks for Americans appeared first on The Western Journal.
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