# What are you doing with your $5k? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 10, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962 "2026-09-10T12:16:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/21 "2026-09-10T13:20:56Z")
I was thinking of a super upscale Matchbox. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/22 "2026-09-10T13:22:18Z")
That would pay my living expenses for 2 years! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/23 "2026-09-10T13:35:05Z")
I might buy some Euros. Or maby some gyros. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/24 "2026-09-10T13:39:06Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Only Tesla for $5k is a cybertruck. Except that five thousand is how much they’ll pay you to take the Cybertruck. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/25 "2026-09-10T14:04:30Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Trump promised every adult $5,000 if the Republicans hold onto the House and Senate. Citizens only! ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/26 "2026-09-10T14:15:53Z")
i think it would be a good start to a “New Car Fund”. My Honda is 5 1/2 years old now and, though it is running very well, I should start saving now. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/27 "2026-09-10T14:19:49Z")
This is a very old maneuver from Cheetolini. > **[Trump lied about DOGE 'dividends' that never came. His chatbot just admitted...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/11/16/trump-tariff-checks-doge-rebate-lie/87255006007/)** > > Trump might suggest that he'll send you money. But he really wants you to send him money. Elsewhere, I did see reports noticing that a good number of people did fall for similar promises on the past election. I don’t think this time it will work. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/28 "2026-09-10T14:20:58Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I don’t think this time it will work. I do. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/29 "2026-09-10T14:26:10Z")
With a good number, yes, but I was referring to most of the ones that where fooled before. In the US, one just need enough votes from the independents and moderates, not all of them. > **[Voters rate Trump's economy below his overall approval: Poll](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/voters-rate-trumps-economy-below-131800758.html?guccounter=1)** > > (The Center Square) – With consumer prices still higher than a year ago, voters disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy more than his job overall, rating the ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/30 "2026-09-10T14:28:36Z")
Vromm?!? Do teslas come with an exhaust pipe now? Cool! I still don’t want one. I’m a foreigner, so I will not be able to spend that money either. We can all show reciprocal solidarity. I feel for you all. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/31 "2026-09-10T14:40:34Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Add the $2000 tariff rebate to it and you can upgrade to a premium cabin! Oh, yeah, how did I forget about that one? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/32 "2026-09-10T14:50:55Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Vromm?!? Do teslas come with an exhaust pipe now? Cool! It’s a speaker. If you want stereo, there’s a dual exhaust option. j/k ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/33 "2026-09-10T14:53:34Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > I do. Same. > [@GIGObuster](#): > > In the US, one just need enough votes from the independents and moderates, not all of them. I will believe it when I see it. I cannot understand how he still has the support he does and I don’t trust that the drop in popularity is real. You will still have plenty of people that furrow their brows at all his idiotic moves (Iran War, trade war with Canada, AI slop posting, etc) but will still “hold their noses” to vote, yet again, for more of it because the alternative is a person that is a woman/brown/socialist/decent. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/34 "2026-09-10T14:56:59Z")
I’m not a moderator or anything, but I put this in MPSIMS for a reason. The idea is ludicrous, but it would be fun to talk about what you would do with a $5k “Trump dividend”, either enjoy it yourself or to spend on stuff you support or just to troll the GOP/Trump. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/35 "2026-09-10T14:57:41Z")
If you define “adult” as anyone 18 or over, approximately 270 million Americans qualify. So this bribe would cost the US Treasury roughly $1.35 trillion. To put that in perspective, that’s about 20% of the whole US federal government budget, and around 25% of total income. It’s substantially more than even today’s entire bloated military budget. It’s a good thing for the Orange Felon that his followers can’t do arithmetic, but even so, their gullibility is astonishing. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/36 "2026-09-10T15:02:04Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I will believe it when I see it. Suffice to say, the polls show it. And recent elections show that the change is not a mirage. As for fun. I will use it to pay bills that the economy of the Orange one caused. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/37 "2026-09-10T15:33:12Z")
I will use it to support the campaign of the next Democratic presidential nominee. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/38 "2026-09-10T15:36:02Z")
I had to check whether this absurd proposal was real. **[It is.](https://apnews.com/article/trump-dividend-5k-5000-check-republicans-cc80644e3168acd31c892129fb849436)** A laughable, total lie, but the Orange One said it. The numbers they came up with for the cost of this are slightly less than my estimate, but in the same general ballpark. That article is worth a look because the first still picture a little further down in the article is such a perfect caricature of an ignorant blowhard. In fact, to hell with it, here’s the pic! 😁 [![](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/7415ad4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/800x533!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F0f%2Ff0%2F487e607cb83ece6383f1b2db910f%2F455d4638c7514fbcb813741b672e2ac2) ](https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/7415ad4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/800x533!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F0f%2Ff0%2F487e607cb83ece6383f1b2db910f%2F455d4638c7514fbcb813741b672e2ac2) ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/39 "2026-09-10T15:39:27Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Vromm?!? Do teslas come with an exhaust pipe now? I clarified that I’m looking for a Tesla Matchbox. And I can make whatever car noises I want when playing on the family room floor. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962/40 "2026-09-10T15:45:57Z")
Moderating: > [@RitterSport](#): > > I’m not a moderator or anything, but I put this in MPSIMS for a reason. The idea is ludicrous, but it would be fun to talk about what you would do with a $5k “Trump dividend”, either enjoy it yourself or to spend on stuff you support or just to troll the GOP/Trump. I’m sorry, but as a moderator for both MPSIMS and P&E, this thread is already much too political for MPSIMS. We have many posters who avoid P&E because they don’t want to read about politics, so if it involves politics, it belongs in P&E. You included the language, “or just to troll the GOP/Trump.” That’s explicitly political. Moving. Now, let’s try to keep it out of the Pit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-5k/1032962.md?page=3)