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Ted Cruz: “This is a proposal that could save over a trillion dollar…”

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

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Democratic Party's Decline, Federal Reserve Policy, and Gambling Tax Reform

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

Secondly, we're gonna talk about a proposal that I've been championing to cut spending and to cut spending dramatically and that is for the Federal Reserve to stop paying interest on bank reserves. This is a proposal that could save over a trillion dollar dollars over 10 years. I've made this case directly to the President in the Oval Office. I've introduced legislation to make this happen. We're going to talk about exactly what it would mean and why it makes a difference. (00:54–01:00)

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Asserts that [Ted Cruz's] proposal to stop the Federal Reserve from paying interest on bank reserves could save over a trillion dollars in 10 years.

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