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Scott Bessent: “Federal jobs were at the lowest ratio of government jobs to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:05

You know, what was even more impressive about the numbers is the private sector numbers were more than 170,000 and government jobs were reduced by more than 40,000, more than 30, 30,000 of that was Federal jobs were at the lowest ratio of government jobs to total jobs since 1966. And this is part of President Trump's plan to re privatize our economy. And I think as I've said many times, 2025 is about setting the table. (09:05–09:13)

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