Well, well, well—look who’s back in the White House and already shaking things up like a bulldozer plowing through Washington’s favorite pastime: wasting your hard-earned money. President Trump’s second term isn’t just about Making America Great Again—it’s about making sure Americans actually see some of their money back for once. And guess what? He’s got a plan to do it.
On Tuesday, Trump made it clear that he’s seriously considering a proposal that would return 20% of the savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) directly to American taxpayers. That’s right—money back in your pocket instead of being funneled into another bureaucratic black hole. And as if that wasn’t enough, another 20% would go toward chipping away at the federal government’s out-of-control debt. Imagine that—actual fiscal responsibility in Washington.
BREAKING: President Trump announces he is exploring a DOGE dividend, where American taxpayers will receive checks with money saved by DOGE.
"[We are considering] a new concept where we give 20% of the DOGE savings to American citizens and 20% goes to paying down debt."
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 19, 2025
The idea first hit the X platform (formerly known as Twitter, but let’s be honest, still Twitter in our hearts) when Elon Musk, Trump’s partner-in-crime in this efficiency revolution, responded that he’d “check with the president” on a proposal floated by James Fishback of Azoria Partners. Fishback laid it all out: DOGE has been racking up an eye-popping $1 billion in savings per day—not a typo, folks—and with an estimated total of $2 trillion in savings, there’s more than enough to go around.
Here’s what this means for the average American taxpayer:
- $400 billion (20% of total DOGE savings) would be distributed among the 79 million taxpaying households.
- That comes out to a $5,000 tax refund check per household, a “DOGE Dividend” that Americans could actually use instead of watching their money disappear into the Washington abyss.
President Trump and @ElonMusk should announce a ‘DOGE Dividend’—a tax refund check sent to every taxpayer, funded exclusively with a portion of the total savings delivered by DOGE. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/p5AZZj3Ttc
— James Fishback (@j_fishback) February 18, 2025
Trump brought up the idea at a major meeting of global financiers and tech leaders in Miami, and let’s just say he wasn’t shy about letting people know how badly the government had been mismanaging funds before he stepped back in. He rattled off examples of waste so embarrassing he wouldn’t even repeat them out loud—because that’s how deep the swamp goes.
And this is just the beginning. If DOGE is already saving $1 billion per day, just imagine what happens when Washington’s spending habits really start getting cleaned up. For decades, politicians have treated taxpayer money like a never-ending slush fund, wasting it on everything from ridiculous studies about shrimp on treadmills to funding programs that no one outside of a D.C. cocktail party cares about.
But now? Trump’s flipping the script. He’s putting money back in the hands of the people who actually earned it and using the rest to get our debt under control. No wonder the establishment is terrified—because if Americans see firsthand that we don’t need a bloated government, the whole D.C. racket starts to crumble.
So, while the media melts down over whatever latest “crisis” they’re manufacturing, here’s the reality: Trump is proving that government can work for the people, not just the politicians. And if this DOGE Dividend actually happens, Americans will finally get something they haven’t seen in a long time—a return on their investment in their own country.