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Scott Bessent: “44% of Americans took one of [the tax cuts].”

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

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Scott Bessent: This has been a BLOW OUT

Published | Video Starts at 03:27

… signature policies, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, lower taxes for great seniors and Social Security and deductibility of interest on auto cars, on American made cars. The 44% of Americans took one of [the tax cuts]. those. So the my message is the underlying fundamentals are excellent and we will be on the other side of this soon. (03:27–03:30)

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Asserts that 44% of Americans benefited from one of the tax cuts mentioned.

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