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Scott Bessent Calls New Tax Policy 'Backdoor For Privatizing Social Security'
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday described the tax bill President Donald Trump signed into law this month ...
Bessent calls Trump baby accounts 'backdoor for privatizing Social Security'
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday likened new savings accounts in a bill President Donald Trump this month ...
Bessent says child savings accounts in Trump law are ‘a back door for privatizing Social Security’
The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill,” as the law is called, created a new children’s savings program, Trump Accounts, which can be ...
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Bessent: Trump child savings accounts "a backdoor into privatizing Social Security"
Jen Psaki shares her take on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's recent comments on the so-called "Trump accounts" — a new savings plan for children with a one-time deposit of $1,000 from the federal ...
Trump hits Brazil with tariffs, sanctions but key sectors excluded
President Trump imposed a 50% tariff on many Brazilian goods, citing a "witch hunt" against Jair Bolsonaro and sanctioning a Brazilian supreme court justice. Key sectors like aircraft and energy are ...
Dialogue and mutual benefit key to long-term stability in China-US trade ties
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prior to a new round of ...