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Scott Bessent: “My family and I have championed financial literacy for more…”

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

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Speaker Johnson, Secretary Bessent, and Rep. Ciscomani Deliver Remarks with Arizona Manufacturers

Published | Video Starts at 25:04

And that is not for the rich. So it is for the bottom 80% of earners in zip codes. And My family and I have championed financial literacy for more than a decade. And I think that this is going to be the real time experiment in financial literacy. You know, I look at these things today and, you know, if I were a kid, buy now, pay later, all the credit cards, the digital assets. (25:04–25:09)

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