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Scott Bessent: “38% of American households do not have any exposure to the…”

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Published | Video Starts at 02:03

Can you talk just for a minute about the motivation for the program and what do you, what do you think this is going to be able to accomplish? Senator, 38% of American households do not have any exposure to the US equity market. So for the next four years, as a thousand dollar seed investment are made to all newborns, it will bring them into the system and set them on on a path. (02:03–02:10)

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Asserts that 38% of American households lack exposure to the US equity market.

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