joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RawStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RawStory</span></a> @ 10:17am ET on Feb 22, 2025</p><p>Normally mild-mannered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a> host <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelSmeroconish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelSmeroconish</span></a> shut down an investment firm CEO who has been pitching what he calls a " <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> dividend " where government savings would be refunded to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a>.</p><p>Simply put, the CNN host dismissed the proposal as an attempted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FraudulentScheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraudulentScheme</span></a> being used to sway the public to support for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>-appointed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>'s highly controversial gutting of the U.S. government.</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/doge-divident-fishback/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/doge-divident-fis</span><span class="invisible">hback/</span></a></p>