Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is stating that President Trump’s $5,000 dividend for American adults can be done without blowing a hole in the deficit — but only if Republicans keep Congress. The Treasury Department has been working on the mechanics. Bessent is checking what needs a statute and what does not. He wants to sit down with Speaker Johnson after November to discuss the specifics of how this can be done.
President Trump calls it the Trump dividend. His line is the one that lands: if Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000. He says it happens 100 percent because the country is taking in trillions from tariffs and other revenues caused by America’s national recovery from Biden-itis. Bessent’s add-on matters more for the radio. Putting money in American pockets should be an objective for everyone, and it does not have to be a new pile of red ink.
The people who produced that revenue should see a slice of the revenue. It should not end up in the back pockets of special interests. We have seen too many green-industrial slush funds, foreign aid earmarks, corporate welfare handouts and bailouts for corrupt firms come from the federal government. It is time for the common people of America to benefit for a change.
A government that can find money for everyone else’s priorities can find a way to send a dividend home. First thing’s first: win the midterms. Write the offset. Mail the check. That is a public win and will change perceptions about the Republican Party for millions of Americans that will pay dividends in future elections beyond this year’s midterms.
