Were The American People Given A False Sense Of Hope For A DOGE Dividend Check. That Is Not Very Nice To Potentially Hoodwink Tax Paying Citizens Of The USA In My Opinion That Is Of Course.

You know, I am beginning to take what I hear nowadays with a grain of salt so to speak. Sounds like great plans of grandeur thrown out there but possibly not realistic when looking deeper into it. Why toss out there things that they are not necessarily being fulfilled or can't be fulfilled in reality like it was first explained to the trusting people. It is like the old expression, putting the cart before the horse. Give the hard-working folks a glimmer of hope to look for and then it is like the rug is pulled out from underneath them. Not everyone in the USA is wealthy and a dividend check may not mean anything at all to them but there are sincere folks that believe someone and take them at their word when spoken to. I have found out that throughout the years I give someone the benefit of the doubt until it is proven elsewise. I thought Mr. Musk was going to clean up government spending, trim the fat off of wasted spending and the American qualifying people would receive a DOGE dividend check/compensation.  Hey, wasn't it originally like 6K then reduced to 5K I guess that went out the window. What about DOGE looking into the benefits our Congress receives for a lifetime if I am not mistaken. Are those benefits free to them or are they coming out of a retirement fund, social security checks or do they just get it for free, and the American taxpayer pays for it indirectly? Inquiring minds sure would like to know. Also please look into lots and lots of time off for them and the average federal/government employee I think has to accrue their time off and then request to take it. I do not think they get Summers off and holiday week time off. Maybe it is time for Congress to have an outside group decide if they get pay raises and added benefits for their job and not be allowed to vote on these things for themselves in which they will benefit from. What about if the taxpayer gets to vote on these types of things and not just get to vote on an election but extend it beyond electing them to office. Uh oh, I am thinking out loud again. Just maybe others may be thinking along the same line of thought.

I see in the news how Congress is about ready to pull back benefits from Federal employees if they vote and pass the big, beautiful 1 bill. Are there any provisions to reduce what they make and their generous benefits they receive? What is good for the goose is good for the gander, so the expression goes.

So, if some federal government agencies/departments may not be getting the voluntary resignations they hoped for, then how about offering some sort of cash incentive to get the workers to possibly resign/retire and not be subject to RIF. I think the IRS offered an option to take up to 25K offer to volunteer to retire early. Is it called VSIP maybe. It seemed to have worked for them to reduce their employee numbers, maybe that would help in other agencies/departments if the responses are not exactly what they expected. Just a random thought.