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Scott Bessent: “Well, they make it more affordable by making it making…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:51

I don't have a lot of cash anymore. I'm a public servant. Poor Scott Bessant. You've seen the rise of communism. They say that they could make things more affordable. You think that's possible? Well, they make it more affordable by making it making people worse off. And look, things are very cheap in Cuba. Things are very cheap in Venezuela because nobody has any money. I think the money supply in Venezuela went down 90 something percent. So you can level things off and make everyone destitute, which is. This is like a Bolshevik revolution again. (04:51–05:06)

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Asserts that affordability in Cuba and Venezuela is due to economic hardship and lack of money.

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