James Fishback, the CEO of Azoria Partners, posted on social media platform X the outline of a plan to distribute a check worth more than $5,000 next year to every tax-paying household using money DOGE helped save the U.S.
“Will check with the President,” Musk replied
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I’ve been expecting something like that.
(And Joe Biden still owes me 600 bucks.)
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I’m not surprised by the announcement, but I’d be surprised to get as much as 5K.
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???
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Just cause someone says they’re punk doesn’t mean that they’re a punk.
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Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath, seeing as they haven’t yet decided whether immigrants are stealing all our good jobs or if they’re getting all our welfare benefits. I think that’s been going on for at least as long as I’ve been alive.
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The official White House twitter posted this.
It’s like there isn’t a single responsible adult anywhere to found.
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I’ll be surprised to get anything. I suspect this announcement is just another “We’re finding so much fraud!” sop for the suckers.
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This may be a bit indirect relative to the thread title, but Cory Doctorow’s post today about ‘America and National Capitalism’, whilst a ‘long read’ provides a somewhat compelling backdrop to (in part) how we got here and where it is - inevitably - leading at a macro level.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/18/pikettys-productivity/#reaganomics-revenge
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ETA: Ugh… don’t bother looking for the hat to buy one. The website has a section called “Cop Shop” with really terrible merchandise targeted towards the pro-police-state community.
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He needs a refresher course.
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