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Ted Cruz: “In one of them they had opt in, in another they had auto…”

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If you look at, there have been states that have done similar things to what this program is. If you look at Rhode island and Oklahoma for example, they've done similar things. Yeah. In one of them they had opt in, in another they had auto enroll. The one that had opt in, only 50% of the kids participated. The one that had auto enroll, 99% of the kids participated. So the difference is massive. If you don't have, if you don't have auto enroll a large chunk of kids will never get the account. And I want every kid. (23:25–23:38)

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Asserts participation rates in programs with opt-in versus auto-enroll options.

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