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← Trump Promises Every Adult Citizen a $5,000 "Dividend" — but Only if Republicans Keep the House and Senate — and Within a Day a Republican Senator Is Drafting the Bill, a Republican Congressman Is Asking Who Pays for "Well Over $1 Trillion," and a Democratic Governor Calls Him the "Briber in Chief"
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Ted Cruz
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Senator (TX)
Sep 10, 2026
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I would like to see it structured as a tax refund. … I think we should be incentivizing work; I don't think we should be paying people that are not working, particularly those that are physically able to work but are choosing not to.

🔗The Hill
🔗Breitbart
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Trump Promises Every Adult Citizen a $5,000 "Dividend" — but Only if Republicans Keep the House and Senate — and Within a Day a Republican Senator Is Drafting the Bill, a Republican Congressman Is Asking Who Pays for "Well Over $1 Trillion," and a Democratic Governor Calls Him the "Briber in Chief" →

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