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This is a hell of an endeavor that was made possible by the One Big Beautiful Bill. Unlike the $1,000 that the government is seeding account with the Dell's effort targets those who were to old to be eligible.
The Dells’ commitment goes hand in hand with a new federal government program that allows parents to open tax-advantaged investment accounts for children under 18 with Social Security numbers.
I'd argue that the most important thing about this whole this is that not only does this give everyone a slice in the performance of the American economy and allows people reap the rewards of the American economy.
The Dells have committed to seed Trump accounts with $250 for children who are 10 or under who were born before Jan. 1, 2025. According to Invest America, the pledged funds will cover 25 million children age 10 and under in ZIP codes with a median income of $150,000 or less.
These accounts go live on July 4, 2026 and all parents have to do is create them for their kids and then the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation grant will go into their account. Another key thing is that 100% of the money the Dell's foundation has put forth WILL go to the kids funding and there isnt going to be some NGO that takes a slice of the money. AKA the money will ALL be going to the kids.
Interesting. We'll have to look into this for ourselves.
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90 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 7h
The idea is really really interesting to me and I think could really help the US with the whole financial literacy issue. Since the accounts are limited to low cost diversified funds it should be a nice positive. Plus companies like Dell are even offering to put the max they can into your kids accounts per year as long as you work with them. Its a pretty fascinating thing!
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 5h
Its wild how often politicians could help just by removing barriers to people doing good things. Getting government out of the way is one of the best things a politician can do.
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Amen to that!!!
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31 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 6h
Great initiative. Of course I prefer they would do it with Bitcoin but better than nothing.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 3h
Yeah until we get more widespread understanding and adoption it makes sense to just stick with tracking the SAP, NASDAQ, or DOW for now. Those companies can provide the exposure
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @xz 5h
For some reason when I read this I wasn't surprised that it's Dell that's doing this. Can't say I know much about them, other than they are nowhere near the size of some of the largest in tech, and makes me wonder why you haven't seen similar industry leaders that grew in the US to 10-100X Dell's market cap, make a similar gesture.
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Dell has been a pretty interesting guy to watch. Once Warren Buffet came out and nuked how “The Giving Pledge” was a colossal failure and he was pulling out and exposed its issues I have been waiting to see who would do something. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see some more things like this occur because the PR is good and it just plain benefits people
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Should benefit the wealthy and to a lesser extent the middle class. The bill already gutted the lower class.
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