Here’s a flashy, bad idea from President Donald Trump: Give every American a cut of the cash DOGE is clawing back from bloated government budgets.
We get the appeal — who doesn’t like free money? — but that’s pretty much how the country got into its current fiscal mess in the first place.
And, fine, the president said Wednesday only that he’s musing about giving voters 20% of the savings DOGE finds, whether via tax reductions or direct checks, as well as about putting just 20% toward paying down the national debt.
Thing is, even devoting every dime DOGE digs up to balancing the books still won’t get the federal government remotely out of its $36 trillion debt hole.
Uncle Sam’s now burning $1…
