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Scott Bessent: “The tax deal, whether it's the full expensing for…”

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

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I think we've got to be able to show the American people the president has done tax deals, peace deals and trade deals. The tax deal, whether it's the full expensing for corporates, for both capital expenditure and factories, I think that's what's driving this capex boom. The trade deals are bringing money in from overseas like we've never seen before. And then, and also with that, for people in their districts to know that the president, John Deere said that he's building two new factories, Indiana and North Carolina. (10:26–10:38)

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Asserts that tax deals, including full expensing for corporates, are driving a capital expenditure boom.

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