Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November.

The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation.

  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca
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    4 hours ago

    Sorry, I’m apparently unfamiliar with how democracy works. You are allowed to pay people to vote for you?

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      3 hours ago

      I guess technically he’s just running on a “give every American adult 5k” platform ? Of course I wouldn’t put it past him to try to only give them to GOP voters

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      You are allowed to pay people to vote for you?

      No, and this is a violation. Either paying $5k dividend is a good or bad idea. Congress will vote on it. You can’t say that it is only a good idea if Nazis keep control of congress.

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      If you convince enough wealthy people apparently “democracy” means you can just do whatever you feel like.

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      Yeah, democracy, according to the Americans . They also allow their “leader” to make “executive” decisions like a dictator 😆.