Voters aren't convinced that President Donald Trump will make good on his new promise to send eligible Americans $5,000 dividend checks if Republicans maintain their majorities in the House and Senate this midterm cycle.The proposal, which Trump unveiled during the Republican National Committee's midterm convention in Dallas last week, has ignited a national debate over whether the payments are financially feasible — and whether they'll ever become reality.Asked what they thought of the proposal, and whether they believed it would ever become reality, most voters were skeptical with several dismissing the idea as unrealistic while pointing to Congress, the nation's debt and previous promises they said never materialized.A few were hopeful.President Donald Trump's promise of a $5,000 dividend check has quickly become one of the most talked-about proposals of the midterm campaign.(The Dallas Morning News via GettyImages)"Personally, I think it's just a publicity stunt and I don't think that it's ever gonna happen," a voter named William said when speaking with Fox News Digital."It'll need to go through Congress, and I don't think with the midterm elections...
the possibility of that happening is just so far down the road."TRUMP'S $5,000 DIVIDEND CHECKS WOULD COME WITH A MAJOR CATCH UNDER GOP SENATOR'S PLANAs Fox News Digital previously reported, the dividend proposal would require congressional approval and it's unclear where the money would come from the fund the program.Another voter was clued into the dilemma and questioned whether the federal government under it's 40.1 trillion in national debt could afford the proposal."I don't think we have the money for that," said Daniel from Maryland."And I think if we did, it should be going a couple different other places than that for sure."Trump has repeatedly tied the proposal to the November elections, telling voters the payments would depend on Republicans retaining control of Congress.
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