Trump backs idea to send some DOGE savings to American citizens
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 DOGE바카라 게임 웹사이트s 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.
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Later, as he flew back to Washington aboard Air Force One, he was asked by a reporter about the plan floated by Musk.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I love it," the president told reporters on the plane.
A day earlier, Musk that he 바카라 게임 웹사이트will check with the President바카라 게임 웹사이트 in response to a suggestion that Trump and Musk should announce a 바카라 게임 웹사이트DOGE Dividend" that would send a refund to taxpayers from part of the savings created by DOGE. Its efforts have already led to thousands of federal government employees being fired or laid off.