Under Fides, government spending doesn’t disappear. It just becomes instantly, painfully, gloriously transparent to every single voter. Because every new dollar of debt the government issues is a dollar taken out of every citizen’s monthly dividend check in real time.
Here’s exactly how it works:
- Congress passes a new spending bill that adds $500 billion in net new debt over 10 years
($50 billion/year average). - The Treasury issues $50 billion in new Treasuries to fund it.
- Because citizens have right of first refusal, that $50 billion is offered to the 200 million+ Prosperity Card holders first.
- If citizens don’t buy the full amount (if they literally don’t ‘buy into it’), the Treasury has to sell the rest to foreigners or banks at whatever yield the market demands.
- Every dollar of new debt issued dilutes the existing citizen-owned slice — which means every citizen’s monthly dividend drops by a precise, visible amount.
Example (2035 numbers, 50 % citizen ownership, 4.5 % yield):
| New Annual Debt Added | Immediate Monthly Dividend Cut per Adult | What the Voter Sees on Their Phone |
|---|---|---|
| $50 billion | –$9.87 | “Your Prosperity Dividend this month: $312.40 (–$9.87 due to new spending bill HR-1234)” |
| $200 billion | –$39.48 | “Your dividend just dropped $40 because Congress spent money we didn’t have.” |
No more 900-page CBO reports nobody reads. No more “it’s only 0.3 % of GDP” hand-waving. Just one number on 200 million phone screens: “This bill just cost you $X this month.” Suddenly every appropriations fight becomes a monthly household budget argument:
- Want a new aircraft carrier? Cool. It’ll cost every voter $11.23 next month.
- Want free community college? Great. $18.62 per person.
- Want to bail out another bank? Go ahead. $47.11 hit. Good luck with re-election.
The beauty? The dividend cut is immediate, symmetrical, and perfectly proportional. Rich, poor, left, right — everyone feels the same percentage drop. No more “tax the rich” vs “cut spending” theater. Just one question: “Is this worth $X off my dividend this month?” And the answer comes from 200 million shareholders who now have skin in the game. Government spending doesn’t stop. It just gets priced in real time by the people who actually pay for it. That’s not austerity. That’s accountability. And under Fides. The government no longer spends “our money.” It spends our dividend. And we finally get to decide if it’s worth it because the government works for us.
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