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America jolted when Trump unveiled his new proposal — a thousand dollars for every newborn, funneled straight into an investment account tied to the stock market. It wasn’t pitched as charity or government aid. It was framed as a launchpad, a promise that every child would enter adulthood with a piece of the American Dream already growing in their name. Hopeful parents saw possibility. Skeptical parents saw a ticking time bomb. And the rest of the country is still trying to figure out whether this is bold policy, political theater, or a gamble with consequences we won’t fully understand for decades.
