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And one of the things about compound growth that you know is the earlier you invest, the bigger it grows.
And that's one of the things that's really powerful is starting...
You know, if someone starts saving at age 40 or 50 or 60... You're so far behind.
Yeah, they don't have a long enough time horizon for it to really grow into big, big numbers.
If you start at age zero, that gives a long time for that growth to compound.
That's really powerful.
Yeah, and look, $5,000 a year is about $100 a week.
And so that can come from a parent, come from another family member.
But the other accelerant that's really powerful is we wrote this so that it could accept charitable gifts.
So as you know, Michael and Susan Dell are giving $6.25 billion.
They're giving $250 to every child under 10.
who lives in a zip code where the median income is $150,000 or less.
That is a massive contribution.
Brad Gerstner, who came up with the idea for the Trump accounts and who was my partner in getting this done, and we worked hand in hand.
Brad has announced he's doing the same thing for the state of Indiana.
So cool.
$250 for every kid under five, but it's going to be about $250 million that he's giving.
And same thing targeted for kids in zip codes with immediate income is $150,000 or less.
I think you're going to see lots of people doing charitable contributions
That is really, really powerful, and it's something President Trump is encouraging.