8 Quotes & Sayings By Lawrence Kudlow

Lawrence Kudlow was born in New York City, New York. He attended Brooklyn College, where he met and played football with future U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Kudlow then attended Yale University, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News and graduated magna cum laude in 1979 Read more

He also served as editor-in-chief of the campus humor publication, The Yale Record. Kudlow was a fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University from 1980 to 1981. In 1982, Kudlow joined the Reagan administration as an assistant to White House Chief of Staff James A.

Baker III. In 1984, he was promoted to Deputy Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and then Associate Director for Economic Policy and Director of the Domestic Policy Council until 1987. He then worked in the Treasury Department as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis and later became Vice President and Chief Economist.

From 1994 through 1999, Kudlow held a number of positions at Bear Stearns & Co., including President and Chief Operating Officer until 1998 when he was named Chairman and CEO. In 1999, he became Chairman and CEO of The Federal Reserve Bank of New York before joining CNBC in 2000 as Senior Economics Analyst, Vice Chairman for Research until 2003 when he became CNBC's chief business correspondent.

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Former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, the co-author of the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli immigration reform bill, has said the failure of that bill was a function of the lack of an ID card system. Lawrence Kudlow
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I believe China is a major trade violator. The Chinese break all the rules. They counterfeit our goods, steal our international property rights, and hack the computers of our industries and government. Something must be done about it. Lawrence Kudlow
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Now you know my credo: Free-market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. And let me add to that from our Founding Fathers: Our Creator endowed us with the inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In other words, freedom. Lawrence Kudlow
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The eligibility for food stamps has widened and widened welfare has been widened - unemployment insurance and disability insurance. These are all incentives not to work. Lawrence Kudlow
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New tech explosions create winners and losers, but overall are remarkably positive for the country, middle-class folks, the economy, jobs, and wages. Lawrence Kudlow
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On immigration, Trump needs an articulate policy that aims to secure the border and keep out illegals while letting in skilled legal workers. Lawrence Kudlow
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The E.U.'s tax and regulatory policies, climate-change and welfare spending, and free immigration even in wartime are gradually ruining Europe. That's why I believe Brexit is good for British freedom, political autonomy, and the survival of democratic capitalism. Lawrence Kudlow