CNN’s Michael Smerconish was having no part in a pitch by investment firm CEO James Fishback to create a “DOGE Dividend” for American taxpayers, with Smerconish comparing the plan to a “Ponzi scheme.” In an at times bitter exchange on the Saturday morning broadcast of The Michael Smerconish Program,

CNN’s Michael Smerconish challenges Azoria CEO James Fishback, who created the “DOGE Dividend,” on his plan to give savings to taxpayers.

Normally mild-mannered CNN host Michael Smeroconish shut down an investment firm CEO on Saturday morning who has been pitching what he calls a "DOGE dividend" where government savings would be refunded to taxpayers.