No one is falling for Trump’s budget-busting ‘dividend’ check gimmick

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/10/america-cannot-afford-trump-5000-checks-if-gop-wins-midterms/

Socialism will not be stopped with more socialism.

President Donald Trump’s proposal to pay every adult citizen $5,000 if the GOP holds the House and Senate this fall is a desperate gimmick that betrays a profound lack of seriousness about the looming fiscal crisis. “If the Republicans win, you win with us, and you get $5,000,” Trump said Wednesday night at the party’s midterm convention in Dallas.

This would cost an estimated $1.2 trillion next year, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. The money would need to be borrowed on top of the $40 trillion national debt — and paid back with interest.