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3) There is always the pork barrel method of spending the surplus. 4) There is Secretary of the Treasury Mellon’s general policy of using the surplus to help retire the national debt.

If crony capitalism is coming, what will it do to America? Obviously it will be bad for democracy, both by helping to lock in ...

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Scott Bessent is an investor and hedge fund manager. He served as chief investment officer at Soros Fund Management before ...

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Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect's choice to ...