Scott Bessent

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Bannon`s War Room · Episode 5566: One On One With treasury Secretary Scott Bessent · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

And I think we've done it in an even more powerful way here because matched

The working families tax cut signed last July 4th not only had the corporate side, it's more of a barbell on this side. matched

So on the corporate side, full expensing for equipment, for factories, for ag structures, and then for working people on the matched

individual side, no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, a deductibility of interest on auto loans for American-made cars. matched

And both of those have been very popular this year. matched

So despite the rise in energy prices, we saw very large tax refunds. matched

And so I think that those have been a very good bridge here. matched

And as I said on the show this morning, matched

President Trump's done it again, because in his first term, hourly workers did better than supervisory workers. matched

The bottom 50% of households had a bigger increase in net worth than the top 10%. matched

And what we've seen over the past year is the bottom 25% of wage earners, their wages are up 5.5%, inflation's up 3.5%. matched

And I think we're going to see that coming back down. matched

And that 5.5% is 3x what the top 25% of earners have had. matched

Look, I think we were growing at probably 4% before the president made the decision to go into Iran. matched

And I think we can easily get back to three for the year. matched

And we're seeing across all parts of the economy. matched

that things are very strong. matched

And we're seeing small business formation. matched

We're seeing large companies pick up hiring and expansion. matched

So I think we may see a drop in the unemployment rate. matched

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