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Sarah Godlewski: “By the time that you're 18, if we put $1,500, it will be…”

Featuring: Sarah Godlewski, Democratic | Wisconsin Secretary of State

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Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski

Published | Video Starts at 33:28

Oh, cool. And it was about the day a kid is born. We'll give him a savings account. Oh, yeah. And we'll invest it like a retirement account. And so By the time that you're 18, if we put $1,500, it will be worth, you know, 10,000, $15,000 because of compound interest over time. And they can use that for a down payment on a home or to go to college or for, you know, a business, to open a business. (33:28–33:38)

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Asserts the projected growth of a $1,500 investment to $10,000-$15,000 by age 18 due to compound interest.

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