MANCHESTER, N.H. —

WMUR's partners at PolitiFact examined an idea floated by President Donald Trump for $2,000 dividend payments.

PolitiFact said there is no formal proposal, timeline, or details on who would qualify or how the payments would be distributed.

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"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested on Sunday that it could come from the tax cuts that passed earlier this year on tips, overtime, senior citizens, and auto loans," PolitiFact Chief Correspondent Lou Jacobson said. "But, we've heard from policy experts it would be a stretch to just simply rebrand the already promised tax cut as a new dividend. And furthermore, estimates of those tax cuts suggest they would save the average household well

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