Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent indicated Wednesday that Trump’s no-tax-on-overtime incentive is meant to offset the loss of labor by newly deported illegal immigrants.
“As Kelly [Loeffler] and I go out and talk to employers and workers around the country, they all want more overtime,” he told The Post. “And there was this narrative that I think over 2 million illegal aliens have either voluntarily deported or been deported, and that there would be a worker shortage.
“Well, what better way to fill that gap than with overtime for hardworking Americans and for them to keep more of it?”
