James Fishback, CEO of the Azoria investment firm and the key architect behind the “DOGE Dividend” proposal, has suggested that initial estimates of $5,000 payments to American taxpayers may not hold.
The initiative, which aims to redistribute savings from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), remains widely popular but is facing financial and legislative challenges.
DOGE, tasked with reducing federal operational costs, is actively streamlining several government agencies.
Fishback’s vision was to use these savings to issue direct stimulus payments to tax-paying households, an idea that President Donald Trump said he “loved the idea” last month.
DOGE Dividend Amount May Vary
Fishback, now serving as an advisor to DOGE, has acknowledged that the expected $5,000 payment is not guaranteed and is subject to fluctuation based on actual government savings.
“DOGE is going to save what DOGE is going to save. And I think that DOGE will save the most amount of money possible. If millions of Americans are deputized to report wasteful government spending,” Fishback told Newsweek.
