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Stimulus Payments

Direct cash transfers from the federal government to households, which require congressional authorisation and are delivered through the Treasury and IRS.

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Trump's $5,000 dividend promise would enlarge a $1.8 trillion deficit by more than half

Paying every American adult $5,000 implies more than 200 million cheques and upward of $1 trillion in borrowing, set against a federal deficit already running $1.8 trillion a year and total debt that crossed $40 trillion last month.

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