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Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, seen here watching a bulldozer demolish a local community center, also had some thoughts. Secretary Besant, what would you say to a sweet little girl who wonders why she can't have a new Barbie this year?

Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, seen here watching a bulldozer demolish a local community center, also had some thoughts. Secretary Besant, what would you say to a sweet little girl who wonders why she can't have a new Barbie this year?

Yes. If there's one thing children love, it's the concept of economic freedom. It's very clear that you were never a little girl. They would never be on board with this. I don't want that stuff. I want Barbies. You can't make economic freedom scissor each other. What's the point? Also, kids today are gonna have a better life than their parents. Honey, I had 25 Barbies plus the dream house.

Yes. If there's one thing children love, it's the concept of economic freedom. It's very clear that you were never a little girl. They would never be on board with this. I don't want that stuff. I want Barbies. You can't make economic freedom scissor each other. What's the point? Also, kids today are gonna have a better life than their parents. Honey, I had 25 Barbies plus the dream house.

We knew how to live in this country back when I was a kid during the Obama years. Don't Google it. I knew Besant was a shitty treasury secretary, but I think there's one job he'd be even worse at.

We knew how to live in this country back when I was a kid during the Obama years. Don't Google it. I knew Besant was a shitty treasury secretary, but I think there's one job he'd be even worse at.

But don't worry too much. If you really can only buy one doll, there's a new one that's just right for 2025.

But don't worry too much. If you really can only buy one doll, there's a new one that's just right for 2025.

I love playing alone with you.

I love playing alone with you.

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