Only a fraction of eligible kids are signed up for ‘Trump accounts.’ All told, they could be missing out on billions of dollars in wealth.
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Low uptake on 530A “Trump accounts” despite potential billions in aggregate wealth points to a familiar pattern—policy tools without distribution and trust rarely move behavior. If you’re building consumer finance products, don’t assume eligibility equals adoption; your real constraint is awareness and perceived political risk.
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