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Michael and Susan Dell reveal how they came up with $6bn contribution to childhood 'Trump accounts'Source: The White House

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00:00We kind of started with a small amount, to be honest, and we started talking about Texas only at the beginning.
00:08Adopting the state of Texas.
00:09Right, right, and then we thought about it some more, and we thought about it.
00:13Got pretty excited about the idea.
00:14Yep, and we went back and forth as we do on these things, and we ended up.
00:19Got more and more excited, and the next thing you know.
00:20This is where we ended up.
00:21So, but a lot of discussion and consideration over a long period of time to come to this, and we feel great about it.
00:32The greatest investment that we could possibly make is in children, and we've been investing in children for over 26 years with our foundation.
00:39Yeah, and you know, there are 30 states already that require at least one semester of financial literacy, and hopefully all 50 states will do that.
00:49And, you know, as children begin to understand that they have these accounts, that creates a real need for our schools, our parents, our community organizations to really begin to grow financial literacy in the country, which can only be a good thing.

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