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Trump's treasury nominee turns tables on Sanders

Bernie Sanders Gets Agitated When Treasury Nominee Scott Bessent Dismantles His 'Oligarchs' Question

It turns out that when President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders call out "oligarchs" in the tech industry, they're only talking about people they don't like, not oligarchy as a whole. Sanders discovered the difference after an ugly exchange with President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary nominee.

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Bernie Sanders Has to Ask Three Times If Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Secretary Nominee Agrees The U.S. Is An Oligarchy

"Do you think that when so few people have so much wealth and so much economic and political power, that is an oligarchic form of society?"

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Trump's treasury nominee turns tables on Sanders in testy exchange about Biden's 'oligarchy' comments

Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Treasury Department, went head to head with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., over whether the U.S. is headed toward an oligarchy.

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Scott Bessent believes federal minimum wage should not be increased

Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick to serve as treasury secretary, told Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that the minimum wage is "more of a statewide" issue and that he believes there should not be an increase to the federal minimum wage.

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Trump Treasury nominee Scott Bessent opposes raising $7.25 minimum wage despite millions living in poverty

Scott Bessent, a hedge fund manager and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, faced sharp criticism during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing after stating he does not support raising the federal minimum wage, which has remained at $7.25 an hour since 2009.

Newsweek on MSN · 21h

Treasury Secretary Nominee Doesn't Believe Federal Minimum Wage Should Be Raised

Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Treasury secretary, was asked by Sen. Bernie Sanders if he would work with Congress to raise minimum wage. Scott Bessent said that minimum wage is a statewide and regional issue.

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Trump Treasury pick turns tables on Bernie Sanders after he attempts to corner him on Musk, Bezos being ‘too’ ‘powerful’

Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent turned the tables on independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at his Thursday confirmation hearing by pointing out that President Joe Biden awarded […] ...

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Trump’s Treasury pick rejects minimum wage hike, champions tax breaks

Scott Bessent summarized the incoming administration’s perspective perfectly: Yes to tax breaks for the wealthy, no to ...

Confirmation hearings day 3 highlights: Doug Burgum, Scott Bessent and other Cabinet picks face Senate questions

In a new memo obtained by NBC News, Senate Finance Democratic tax staff found that Scott Bessent avoided over $950,000 of ...

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Scott Bessent sails through Treasury confirmation hearing

Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's pick to serve as Treasury Secretary, handled a policy-heavy confirmation hearing with poise, ...

Trump's Treasury pick Bessent defended tariffs. But 'jitters' remain for markets.

Follow along with MarketWatch's live coverage of the Senate confirmation hearing for Scott Bessent, President-elect Donald ...

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Sanders and Bessent go head-to-head on oligarchy forming in the U.S.

Bernie Sanders and Scott Bessent went head-to-head during the latter's Senate Confirmation Hearing about the oligarchy ...

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