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Ted Cruz: “There are about 70 million kids in America that are under…”

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You get about 3.7 million new newborns a year, so that automatically opening those accounts matters. They have yet to do auto enroll for all kids up to age 18. There are about 70 million kids in America that are under 18. My objective is every one of them will have an account. Why is that important? It's important, number one, because that account, once open, can be a vehicle for the philanthropy. (25:56–26:00)

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