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Scott Bessent: “Private sector employment is up more than 900,000 jobs since…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 22:10

And let me tell you, those are private sector jobs. We have cut government jobs. So all the jobs we are generating now are good paying private sector jobs. Private sector employment is up more than 900,000 jobs since Inauguration Day. The working families tax cuts delivered the largest share of tax relief directly to millions of low and middle income Americans. Companies have poured trillions of dollars of new investment into our country. (22:10–22:16)

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