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Trump promises every US adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterm elections (www.thejournal.ie)

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He did not say where the money would come from.

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[–] massacre@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

US Population yesterday was just under 349M
21.07% of the population is under 18
Leaving just over 270.5M eligible adults in the US.
Even shaving off a generous 500,000 people as illegal, that makes it $1.35T this would cost.

so you are pretty damn close @RaoulDook@lemmy.world