At current valuations, Sanders' office pegs the fund's worth at about $7 trillion (6). The plan is to distribute 5% of that value annually — which, spread across the U.S. population, works out to about $1,000 per person. Read More: 7 essential money moves to make once you've saved $10,000 To be clear, this isn't an entirely new idea — Alaska has been doing this for decades.