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Trump's $5,000 midterm 'dividend' is at least his fourth promise of cash for all Americans. None came to pass.
First it was a "DOGE dividend." Then it was a promise of tariff checks. Then government healthcare refunds were on the way. Now, President Trump is promising Americans another payout, this time if Republicans win in the coming midterm elections.
If the GOP wins both the House of Representatives and the Senate, "you win with us," Trump said Wednesday, promising that "a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000" would follow.finance.yahoo.com - Trumps midterm dividend is at least his fourth promise of cash for all americans none came to passTypical "JC". Promise the Proles anything, to get what he wants from them now, then stiff them.
This tactic goes back to Saint Reagan, at least. "Let us cut programs than benefit you, and give the money to the "JCs", and maybe you'll get a job (or tax cut)"
The base must be dumb as a rock, to keep falling for it. I remember Howard Dean, running for POTUS, years ago, wondering out loud "why do people vote against their own best interests?"
Steve