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Scott Bessent: “Trump accounts will build long term financial security for…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:19

… half will obtain gainful employment by the time they turn 24, this will be a game changer. Those outcomes are unsettling, but today, we refuse to accept them as inevitable. Trump accounts will build long term financial security for millions of children, and for foster youth in particular. The program will ensure that their futures are shaped more by the possibilities rather than by the circumstances behind them. Now, there is a fitting historical symmetry in making today's announcement here at the Treasury Building. (10:19–10:27)

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Asserts that the program will provide financial security for children, especially foster youth.

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