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Scott Bessent: “38% of American families have no exposure to our great…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 10:44

Same with me. It starts at home, doesn't it? It does, it does. And look, the. Your niece has no better role model. But for many people around the country, 38% of American families have no exposure to our great equity market. They don't participate in the innovation. They end our economic engine. They don't understand our great management. So with the Trump accounts, with the children who were born during President Trump's administration, Treasury will seed those accounts with $1,000. (10:44–10:50)

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Asserts that 38% of American families do not participate in the equity market.

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