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Scott Bessent on the national debt: ‘There’s nothing magic about the $40 trillion number’

Scott Bessent on the national debt: ‘There’s nothing magic about the $40 trillion number’WorldPing

"We can grow our way out of that," the Treasury Secretary told CNBC on Thursday.

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