Are Texans About to Get a DOGE Stimulus Check for $8,000?

Monday night the Texas Lottery revealed the Lotto Texas with Extra! game finally got a winner for a jackpot of $83.5 million dollars. That's a nice financial windfall that went to a lottery player in Austin. I think a lot of Texans could use a little extra money.  Based on the amount of lottery tickets sold it's apparent that from Denton to Dalhart and Longview to Lewisville folks in Texas could use a little, no, a lot, of additional income. Have you seen the price of eggs?

The question of how to get that extra money is certainly a perplexing one. You could be a mediocre quarterback and get millions from Jerry Jones. Or you could just do what a lot of us in Texas have been doing for years. Namely, paying our taxes and waiting for our government to stop wasting our money. That second thing, the not wasting money, just might be the ticket to extra cash that we've all been looking for.

With the substantial savings and waste management that the new Department of Government Efficiency has uncovered, there is talk that we might all be getting some of our money back. The mission of DOGE as it has been described is to slash federal spending through cuts to agencies. The White House has suggested in just one month the DOGE crew has noted at least $2.2 billion in initial savings.

However, a spokesperson for DOGE has suggested the agency has already saved some $55 billion in taxpayer dollars. The department hopes to save taxpayers some $2 trillion annually. I think we would all appreciate getting our money's worth out of the government, and I believe most of us would like to get the money back that we overpaid.

That's where the idea of the $8,000 DOGE Dividend has taken flight. One influencer on TikTok did the math and came up with that figure. However, the leader of an Arizona-based investment firm suggested a DOGE Dividend. The idea is that 20% of all DOGE-inspired savings would be returned to the American taxpayer. Based on the calculations the figure this plan came up with suggested a stimulus check of $5,000 would be more in line compared to $8,000.

Will it happen? Not sure. Could it happen? Yes, it very much could happen. In fact, Elon Musk the unofficial face and spokesperson for DOGE told reporters he would "check with the President". So, just for clarity's sake, there has been no official announcement of any stimulus checks from DOGE. There are no official announcements planned. But, there is a precedent, and based on the figures being floated it is certainly not out of the question.