Ben Ferguson: “Why was that, by the way? What was the logic behind that?”

“When I wrote the legislation over a year ago, the career lawyers at treasury didn't want to do it. They fought me every step of the way. No, no. Why was that, by the way? What was the logic behind that? You know, it's hard. We don't know how to do this. This is going to be really difficult to have accounts for every kid. We don't.” (15:06–15:10)

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