September 10, 2026

This Is a Dividend?

When the payout depends on who wins Congress, “dividend” is doing a lot of work.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S. government counter. A taxpayer reads a Trump Dividend $5,000 form requiring that the recipient be a U.S. adult and that Republicans win the House and Senate. The taxpayer asks, This is a dividend? Trump replies, It sounds better than the other words.