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Scott Bessent: “We could see for working families, for each wage earner, we…”

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

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Conversation with Scott Bessent, US Secretary of the Treasury | WEF Annual Meeting 2026

Published | Video Starts at 19:44

Wow. And you said in terms of the tax refunds, are we talking about thousands of dollars that people will be getting as a result? We could see for working families, for each wage earner, we could see up to a thousand per wage earner. Okay. You said that prices are still coming down, but they're still elevated. The president announced many things, a litany of things just in the last 100 days. (19:44–19:53)

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Asserts that working families could see up to a thousand dollars per wage earner in tax refunds.

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