ICYMI: Secretary Scott Bessent's Interview with Tucker Carlson
WASHINGTON – Secretary Bessent sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss President Trump’s tariff plan and its impact on the middle class.Secretary…
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WASHINGTON – Secretary Bessent sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss President Trump’s tariff plan and its impact on the middle class.Secretary Bessent select interview quotes:TARIFFS"The good news is, we have President Trump’s previous term, when everyone said none of this was going to work: 'Oh, the China tariffs are going to do this. They’re going to cause inflation.' They didn’t. 'This is going to hurt working-class Americans.' Well, guess what? Working-class Americans—hourly workers—did better than supervisory workers. The bottom 50% of households—their net worth increased faster than the top 10% of households.""...The distribution of equities across households, the top 10% of Americans own 88% of equities, 88% percent of the stock market. The next 40% owns 12%. The bottom 50% has debt. They have credit card bills. They rent their homes. They have auto loans. And we’ve got to give them some relief."MANUFACTURING"Bring your factory here ...
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