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Scott Bessent: “We will look back and think that this is the most important…”

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

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Prosperity is COMING: Treasury Sec Scott Bessent

Published | Video Starts at 03:24

Last thing we talked in the Q and A at the economic club about the Trump accounts and how you think that they are going to be transformational for young people. We will look back and think that this is the most important benefit for young people since the GI Bill. But people have to sign up. Yeah. So that's on us. We've got to get out there that 38% of the households have no exposure to the equity market. (03:24–03:30)

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Asserts that the Trump accounts will be seen as a significant benefit for young people, comparable to the GI Bill.

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