The proposal of the American president comes in the middle of skepticism of the requested savings from the economic of the elon of musk drive.
The President of the United States Donald Trump suggested some savings from the technical billionaire elon musk Corrosion To give Americans to cash and pay the debt of government.
Speaking at the investment summit hosted by Saudi Arabia, Florida, Wednesday, Trump said that he was thinking about 20 percent of the public’s payment and to pay a long of 36 trillion by the Federal Government.
“The numbers are amazing, elon. So many $ 1 billion … Hundreds of billion,” Trump told future investment initiatives (FII) the priority summit of the Institute, referring to Savings identified by musk The so-called government efficiency department (Doge)
“We are thinking about giving 20 percent of American citizens, and 20 percent to the debt salary.”
The Trump proposal arrived the day after the Doge James Fishback advisor, the general director of the Azoria investment company, proposed the “Page dividend” financed on the cost reduction initiative.
In the four-page site published on the XU Tuesday, Tuesday is that every household can be sent a $ 5,000 check, assuming that the task of musk in the lower point in 2026. Year he brings $ 2 million.
In response to Fishback’s memo, musk, General Manager of Tesla and Spacex, said at X that he would “check in the president.”
During the Trump’s election campaign, musk, the richest person in the world, predicted that the two trillion dollars saves would be saved, but later addressed that assessment, suggesting in January that he had a good chance to enter a lot.
Doge, who is not the official department of the Government, claimed that he has so far scored $ 55 billion, but there is Detailed documentation has not been published to support that digit.
Doge published a list of the contract on Monday he had said he canceled that the savings would save $ 16 billion.
However, the list is incorrectly intended for $ 8 million with immigration and customs applications as $ 8 billion.
GUO XU, associate professor in UC Berkeley Haas studying the efficiency of government bureaucrations, expressed skepticism on Trump’s proposal for sharing government savings with public.
“This seems like a populist measure designed to enslave the capacity of our federal government more attractive,” said Xu Al Jazeeri.
“Instead of cuting the government to cut checks, we should invest to strengthen infrastructure, science and national nation security.”
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2025-02-20 02:40:00
