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Cruz on $5K dividend: ‘I don’t think we should be paying people that are not working’

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Cruz on $5K dividend: ‘I don’t think we should be paying people that are not working’

Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), a prominent conservative voice in the Senate GOP conference, says he’s willing to support President Trump’s proposal to give $5,000 dividend payments to U.S. adults provided that they are structured as tax refunds and go to people who work and pay taxes. Asked about Trump’s proposal, Cruz told Fox News’s Jesse…

Originally reported by The Hill. Read the full story at the original source.