US President Donald Trump He revealed on Wednesday that he was considering sending 20% of the money saved by the Department of the Government Advisory Group for efficiency to Americans.
“There is even a new concept being considered, in which we give 20% savings to American citizens, and 20% goes to pay off the debt,” Trump said during his comments at the top of FII Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Fla.
His comments arose later Elon Musk he said in Post on X On Tuesday, that “he will check with the president” for proposals to send American tax farms financed by savings created by the Doge cost reduction campaign.
It was the answer to separate post From James Fishback, the general director of the Azoria investment company, suggesting that Trump has the opportunity to issue the so -called Doge dividend.
Musk said his goal was reduce federal expenses by $ 2 trillionWith Annual budget worth 6.75 trillion USD In the latest financial year ended on September 30 last year. If this has come true, Fishback suggests to take 20% of it, i.e. $ 400 billion and transfer it to taxpayers. He said that this would mean about USD 5,000 per household.
“When a violation of this size occurs in the private sector, the contractor at least returns to the client because he did not provide what was promised,” Fishback wrote in his proposal. “It is high time for the federal government to do the same and return the money back to taxpayers, taking into account what Doge discovered.”
Government stimuli controls Sent to millions of taxpayers in 2020 During the signature of Pandemia with Covid she wore Trump, for the first time the president's name appeared on all IRS payments, then reports Associated Press.
According to dog, it has it saved about $ 55 billion through his efforts. However, recent reports suggest that the actual number is probably much below.
Earlier on Wednesday, Bloomberg announced that the Doge website Only account for $ 16.6 billion From $ 55 billion, which claims to save. In addition, the New York Times said on Tuesday that Doge incorrectly quoted $ 8 billion savings on a federal agreement that was for $ 8 million.
Meanwhile, a lot of Doge's efforts met with court challenges. But the federal judge on Tuesday he refused to ask for dogs from access to computer systems of federal agencies or managing dismissal of government employees during court disputes.