Trump Accounts: A Drop in the Leaky Bucket.
Unf*cking The Republic
UNFTR Media
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Trump is touting his new “Trump Accounts” plan as part of the Big Beautiful Bill Act. The plan would provide $1,000 to every baby born in America between 2025 and 2029 in a tax deferred account that allows matching each year of up to $5,000. It’s a way to encourage savings at a young age and works similar to the successful 529 education funds, but there are key differences. Today we dissect the plan and reveal how it’s mostly political theater. It’s another giveaway to Wall Street that increases inequality because of the way it’s structured. But there’s another reason why the GOP is so keen to pass this plan that has nothing to do with making babies rich, and everything to do with erasing entitlements.
Resources
Congress: H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act
MarketWatch Guides: How Much Is the Average American Saving?
UNFTR Resources
Video: Why is Trump Giving Babies $1000 Just For Being Born?
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| 0:00.0 | Topical cream |
| 0:02.5 | A pod listeners dream |
| 0:06.1 | Unfucking the news |
| 0:08.7 | And current events |
| 0:11.4 | Topical cream |
| 0:13.4 | Yeah you know what I mean |
| 0:16.8 | A quarter of an hour |
| 0:19.6 | It gets you our two cents topical cream. |
| 0:29.3 | Trump-era babies are set to get the gift of a lifetime. |
| 0:33.4 | A thousand bucks just for being born on U.S. soil. |
| 0:37.1 | To parents that can prove citizenship, of course. |
| 0:40.2 | So in the midst of China telling Scott Besson to go pound salt on a trade deal, |
| 0:45.2 | Pete Higgseth sending Marines to police the streets of Los Angeles, |
| 0:49.0 | a big boy birthday bash military parade that fell flat on its face, a feud with the world's richest man, |
| 0:56.8 | war breaking out in the Middle East, and prices beginning to skyrocket. |
| 1:00.9 | President Trump is selling snake oil to babies, just like Eva Peron. |
| 1:05.0 | And the money kept rolling in from every side. |
| 1:11.6 | Giving every American baby a box of Ziti might sound pretty darn magnanimous, |
| 1:17.6 | but it's actually a rather cynical ploy to grab headlines and give even more money to Wall Street. |
| 1:23.6 | But there's something even more nefarious at play. So let's talk about it. |
| 1:28.9 | UNFTR. |
| 1:32.0 | All right, Mr. President, tell us about these Trump accounts for babies. |
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