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Chris Morris

Elon Musk elevates the idea of a $5,000 DOGE rebate check for taxpayers

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  • Elon Musk says he “will check with the President” about an idea to issue refund checks from DOGE savings. Those checks could be as much as $5,000 per household if the department hits its $2 trillion savings goal. But there are some major hurdles that could scuttle the idea.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency task force claims to be slashing the federal budget, which would ease the federal deficit. But now Musk is exploring the idea of using some of that money to send rebate checks to citizens.

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