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Scott Bessent: “It's going to be about $250 for 80% of the American children…”

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

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Trump deal with Iran, gas prices, economics & more addressed during Scott Bessent, Larry Kudlow chat

Published | Video Starts at 17:59

Michael, 250 million is a lot. 6.25 so. And that is for young people who are from the bottom 80% of the economic zip codes. So It's going to be about $250 for 80% of the American children loan. A piece of the rock. They never thought possible they might even learn a little bit about capitalism and business along the way. Well, I think we're creating a whole new class of shareholders in nutrition. (17:59–18:06)

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