US President Donald Trump He discovered on Wednesday that he was considering sending 20% of the money saved by the Ministry of the Government of the Advisory Group for Efficiency.
“Even a new concept is considered in which we give 20% of the savings of Doings to American citizens, and 20% goes to debt repayment,” Trump said during his remarks at FII priorities in Miami Beach, Fla.
His remarks followed after Elon musk said ua Post on x On Tuesday that he will “check with the president” at the suggestion of sending us checks to return taxes on US households funded by Doge’s Costs Campaign.
That was in response to a a separate post From James Fishback, the executive director of the Azoria investment company, suggesting that Trump has the opportunity to betray the so -called Doge Dividend.
Musk said his goal was to be reduce federal consumption for $ 2 trillionof Annual budget of $ 6.75 trillion In the last fiscal year that ended last year on September 30, if it was fulfilled, Fishback suggests that it take $ 20% or $ 400 billion and distributes taxpayers. That would be about $ 5,000 per household, he said.
“When a violation of this size occurs in the private sector, the other contractual returns to the buyer because they failed to deliver what was promised,” Fishback wrote in his proposal. “It is high time for the federal government to do the same, and to return the money to the taxpayers with regard to what Doge revealed.”
Government incentive impetus Sent to millions of taxpayers in 2020 During the Coid Pandemia, he was carrying Trump’s signature, the first name of the president appeared on any payment of the IRS, the Associate Press reported at the time.
According to Doge, there is saved the estimated $ 55 billion through their efforts. However, recent reports suggest that the actual figure is probably far below that.
Earlier on Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that the Doge website is only $ 16.6 billion Of $ 55 billion he claims he saved. In addition, the New York Times said on Tuesday that Doge was wrongly citing a savings of $ 8 billion on a federal contract that was actually instead of $ 8 million.
In the meantime, many Doge’s efforts are facing court challenges. But the federal judge on Tuesday Rejected Request to Stop Dogeo from access to computer systems of federal agencies or directing the bursting of government workers while the litigation is ongoing.
