The president recently touted the idea, which came to a 30-year-old investor in a dream and caught the attention of Elon Musk on X.

James Fishback, the CEO of investment firm Azoria Partners, sees a way for every US tax-paying household to get a check President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), helmed by Elon Musk. On Tuesday, Fishback pitched the idea — dubbed the “DOGE dividend” — publicly on X, formerly Twitter.

It's the first indication that some Republican lawmakers may field challenges from voters over Elon Musk's massive changes.

CNN’s Michael Smerconish was having no part in a pitch by investment firm CEO James Fishback to create a “DOGE Dividend” for American taxpayers, with Smerconish comparing the plan to a “Ponzi scheme.” In an at times bitter exchange on the Saturday morning broadcast of The Michael Smerconish Program,

CNN host Michael Smerconish had heated words with Azoria CEO James Fishback about his plan to send Americans checks from DOGE savings.

Normally mild-mannered CNN host Michael Smeroconish shut down an investment firm CEO on Saturday morning who has been pitching what he calls a "DOGE dividend" where government savings would be refunded to taxpayers.