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Ted Cruz: “By the time [a child] turns 18, [they] would have $170,000…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz Discusses Reconciliation Bill, AI Legislation, and Federal Intervention in Los Angeles

Published | Video Starts at 08:18

And if you assume, let's assume a little girl, little boy born this year has the thousand dollars and then has $5,000 invested each year. If you assume historic rates of growth of the s and P500, that little baby, By the time [a child] turns 18, [they] would have $170,000 in their account. If they kept on investing 5,000 a year, by the time they turned 35, they would have $700,000 in that account. And that's for every child in America. (08:18–08:25)

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