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      "title": "Trump Accounts: From the 2025 Tax Law to the July 2026 Launch and the Employer Matches",
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      "title": "Young and Gerstner report more than nine million Trump Accounts signups",
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      "title": "Trump announces Gerstner's $250 Indiana Trump Accounts pledge",
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          "quote": "“But Brad is donating, listen to this, $250 to Trump accounts for all children under five in Indiana.”"
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          "quote": "“Today, a gift from Brad will give many Hoosier kids $250 toward that future.”"
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