https://minutesof.com/on/policy/ Everyone on the record about policy: 101 verbatim quotes from 13 people, May 2016 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link to… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:33:09 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/11b9b981-f200-4428-bf91-b7b686a0b77f/ https://minutesof.com/q/11b9b981-f200-4428-bf91-b7b686a0b77f/ “Centrally clearing SRPs would be one way to reduce such cost and thus could further improve counterparty participation and the efficacy of SRPs in curbing rate pressures and maintaining the stability of funding markets.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/6c60a4cc-15d5-4ca7-a9f3-c47b9f2a3e27/ https://minutesof.com/q/6c60a4cc-15d5-4ca7-a9f3-c47b9f2a3e27/ “The Committee has indicated that it will consider stopping balance sheet runoff when we reach that point.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/9e3f16d7-2108-423b-b466-f84fe06c4915/ https://minutesof.com/q/9e3f16d7-2108-423b-b466-f84fe06c4915/ “At its meeting last week, the FOMC decided it would conclude the reduction of its aggregate securities holdings on December 1.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/844c5ce5-860b-49db-bc09-ae82fe56352f/ https://minutesof.com/q/844c5ce5-860b-49db-bc09-ae82fe56352f/ “With gradual recognition consistent with empirical evidence, an acceleration in productivity results in faster growth of both consumption and investment.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/4e409109-248c-4772-a141-3981e98924ef/ https://minutesof.com/q/4e409109-248c-4772-a141-3981e98924ef/ “Accordingly, at its meeting last week, the FOMC decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/0f537a7f-4c94-4417-b868-8bba0a4f15bf/ https://minutesof.com/q/0f537a7f-4c94-4417-b868-8bba0a4f15bf/ “Combining enacted and announced tariffs, estimates of the resulting average effective tariff rate range somewhere between 15 and 20 percent.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/35185981-b0d8-4cfc-ac55-c9f169bc6f2f/ https://minutesof.com/q/35185981-b0d8-4cfc-ac55-c9f169bc6f2f/ “I’ve found that regular engagement allows central banks to fine-tune their individual approaches, so that we can learn from one another’s experiences to better meet the needs of our constituencies.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/f0f7bc82-f4b9-4644-9e6f-1b4c2ffdf5e2/ https://minutesof.com/q/f0f7bc82-f4b9-4644-9e6f-1b4c2ffdf5e2/ “This observation to me provides a compelling reason for why a central bank Research Group should support economic historians.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/4f56367f-07ba-432a-bd0c-9db6abe68c2a/ https://minutesof.com/q/4f56367f-07ba-432a-bd0c-9db6abe68c2a/ “We are enforcing a zero-leakage approach. There will be no minimal breathing space for the regime to rebuild its capacity to inflict terror against America and the world.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/74b4600f-4a19-4b6a-a97e-60433e91e69f/ https://minutesof.com/q/74b4600f-4a19-4b6a-a97e-60433e91e69f/ “Transitioning to post-quantum cryptography is essential to protecting U.S. economic security and strengthening the resilience of the financial system.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/c7e7cd85-2416-4114-8af0-65dbe1b326b7/ https://minutesof.com/q/c7e7cd85-2416-4114-8af0-65dbe1b326b7/ “the Committee made that decision at its October meeting, with portfolio runoff ending effective December 1.” — John Williams, NY Fed speeches policy https://minutesof.com/q/a610635f-f5c0-4295-a25a-ac2d4992bbbb/ https://minutesof.com/q/a610635f-f5c0-4295-a25a-ac2d4992bbbb/ “And under his leadership, America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/e0346227-408f-4cb7-bbcc-ec89a586ef5f/ https://minutesof.com/q/e0346227-408f-4cb7-bbcc-ec89a586ef5f/ ““Political terrorism has no place in our society, and we will continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/6f3bd3f3-41bc-42fb-848a-a8b6a4f50075/ https://minutesof.com/q/6f3bd3f3-41bc-42fb-848a-a8b6a4f50075/ “the Commission is evaluating potential paths forward on both Notices, including an approach that would address—in a single Commission order—the relief requested in the IIB Notice and the relief requested in the SIFMA Notice concerning the outward facing condition.” — Paul Atkins, SEC speeches and statements policy https://minutesof.com/q/c12c6553-50b0-47da-8c7d-64ce9f6cca9c/ https://minutesof.com/q/c12c6553-50b0-47da-8c7d-64ce9f6cca9c/ ““President Trump has taken action that his predecessors have long deferred. Under his leadership, America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/a902e534-1299-4a02-b363-f5197dd91a25/ https://minutesof.com/q/a902e534-1299-4a02-b363-f5197dd91a25/ ““President Trump has taken action that his predecessors have long deferred. Under his leadership, America is no longer managing the Iranian threat.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/bab36f9a-04b7-4828-8bdd-7f45ae612619/ https://minutesof.com/q/bab36f9a-04b7-4828-8bdd-7f45ae612619/ “These proposed regulations end the abuse, protect the integrity of the tax system, and put Americans first.”” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/d258225d-1687-41c3-9afa-0e2559549f93/ https://minutesof.com/q/d258225d-1687-41c3-9afa-0e2559549f93/ ““Far-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of our economic tools to bear,”” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/d82a520a-447d-4660-ae2c-69bd876d954a/ https://minutesof.com/q/d82a520a-447d-4660-ae2c-69bd876d954a/ ““American taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for benefits going to those who are barred by law from receiving them.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/b9dcd349-2219-4506-9f7b-77a3e6752052/ https://minutesof.com/q/b9dcd349-2219-4506-9f7b-77a3e6752052/ ““Under President Trump’s leadership, Treasury is relentlessly targeting the narcoterrorist networks that profit from poisoning Americans,” said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent .” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/916393f5-7767-47d8-bfe8-98d45dd7095f/ https://minutesof.com/q/916393f5-7767-47d8-bfe8-98d45dd7095f/ “The current maximum size of $2 billion per operation will be at least $4 billion per operation.” — Scott Bessent, Treasury press and remarks policy https://minutesof.com/q/f295c5c5-83a3-4d99-af63-512bc3d47900/ https://minutesof.com/q/f295c5c5-83a3-4d99-af63-512bc3d47900/ “And on the other side, with this regime, trying to buy appeasement will no longer work in the eyes of The United States Of America.” — Scott Bessent, Forbes Breaking News Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:28 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/580d63a0-e6ca-4e91-a202-99df264db1d9/ https://minutesof.com/q/580d63a0-e6ca-4e91-a202-99df264db1d9/ “We sealed the border, and that's what happened, my friends, and that's why we did it.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:30:01 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/07f09c24-5422-4e6e-8e43-4901822564da/ https://minutesof.com/q/07f09c24-5422-4e6e-8e43-4901822564da/ “We believe that it is important to level set and give people a cure period, but they should know that that will move very quickly and that we are serious.” — Scott Bessent, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:00:12 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/136cbf9d-c815-4a36-bdae-8c0a8868ef87/ https://minutesof.com/q/136cbf9d-c815-4a36-bdae-8c0a8868ef87/ “There will be no minimal breathing space for the regime to rebuild its capacity to inflict terror against America and the world.” — Scott Bessent, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:23:41 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/f4acc293-be7b-4104-9c2c-e2ba3ba878a9/ https://minutesof.com/q/f4acc293-be7b-4104-9c2c-e2ba3ba878a9/ “We have invested a thousand dollars in every new baby born in The United States Of America, thanks to Trump accounts, which we're very proud of.” — JD Vance, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:58:11 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/d2245f30-b32b-4a5e-b75c-b906db58c59b/ https://minutesof.com/q/d2245f30-b32b-4a5e-b75c-b906db58c59b/ “I'm I'm enamored by the provincial competition in China, and I wonder if shining a brighter light on state versus state competition could lead to some pretty amazing and positive things for our own country.” — Bill Gurley, Bill Gurley Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:02:49 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/70aedfc2-0b46-4b37-803f-9992f1038c23/ https://minutesof.com/q/70aedfc2-0b46-4b37-803f-9992f1038c23/ “And I think we elect a lot of people because we like what they're saying, but no one follows up to see if they can actually create change.” — Bill Gurley, Bill Gurley Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:02:49 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/498d3855-3b03-4d93-af19-c83ec92559ea/ https://minutesof.com/q/498d3855-3b03-4d93-af19-c83ec92559ea/ “But fast forward a year, none of those kind of rules and requirements actually map to the technology of the day.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:54:40 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/e2a7525b-805a-4d7f-a145-0eeb6b8ec15e/ https://minutesof.com/q/e2a7525b-805a-4d7f-a145-0eeb6b8ec15e/ “Every child forevermore born into this country under the age of two is gonna get a thousand dollars invested in the S and P 500 that can compound for their lifetime.” — Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital Mon, 06 Jul 2026 17:55:46 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/4d00cad0-e352-4e5f-bd8c-eb9a7e8a0eff/ https://minutesof.com/q/4d00cad0-e352-4e5f-bd8c-eb9a7e8a0eff/ “You pick the number. I don't care who's suggesting it. I don't care if a Republican suggesting it. I don't care if a Democrat's suggesting it.” — Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:07:21 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8ee5e74b-d44a-48ed-855a-13dc0cb97226/ https://minutesof.com/q/8ee5e74b-d44a-48ed-855a-13dc0cb97226/ “The idea that starting this Saturday, every child born forevermore forevermore in the history of America will get an investment account at birth, seeded with a thousand dollars in the S and P 500 that will compound for their lifetime.” — Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:07:21 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/78ee0809-37d8-4200-be30-792d9fa5af84/ https://minutesof.com/q/78ee0809-37d8-4200-be30-792d9fa5af84/ “And we know when kids have savings, when they have investment, they're more likely to graduate from high school and college. They're more likely to buy a home.” — Brad Gerstner, CNBC Television Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:39:39 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/a5131424-b4e3-4eec-b6a3-5b401f508fb4/ https://minutesof.com/q/a5131424-b4e3-4eec-b6a3-5b401f508fb4/ “That is an easy commitment for us. We will never pick just one winner. That that makes no sense for America.” — Howard Lutnick, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 11 May 2026 05:00:59 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/11e68333-de1a-45f4-b446-9334f7498d7c/ https://minutesof.com/q/11e68333-de1a-45f4-b446-9334f7498d7c/ “We promise you that we will use the best data and the most precise data to make sure that our decisions are right for America, and they need to be right for the lobstermen of Maine.” — Howard Lutnick, Forbes Breaking News Mon, 11 May 2026 05:00:59 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/6932a0fe-80ca-401b-831a-19c1f21ad742/ https://minutesof.com/q/6932a0fe-80ca-401b-831a-19c1f21ad742/ “Starting in, on July 4, just sixty days from today, every child forevermore born in America will start off with an investment account at birth, automatic, stapled to their Social Security with a thousand dollars in the S and P 500.” — Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital Tue, 05 May 2026 22:10:35 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/936bd8e2-976c-4b52-b3f2-e2bfc7c17846/ https://minutesof.com/q/936bd8e2-976c-4b52-b3f2-e2bfc7c17846/ “One of the fastest growing cities in the nation, rents have fallen for four years. That's good policy.” — Bill Gurley, Tom Bilyeu Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:01:05 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/21ae8cc8-eac3-4e20-b0fd-1af8dc2884af/ https://minutesof.com/q/21ae8cc8-eac3-4e20-b0fd-1af8dc2884af/ “Today, if you add up federal, state, local government employees, plus all the contractors for the government, plus all the people that live off of a retirement check or or a welfare support check, so all the people that are living off government checks, it's about nearly half The US population.” — David Friedberg, Chris Williamson Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:13 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/d46950a8-4b5f-47a1-ba3d-01f84aea60e2/ https://minutesof.com/q/d46950a8-4b5f-47a1-ba3d-01f84aea60e2/ “Not a big chunk, but I've done my part. And 80,000,000,000 of that went to increase and it was supposed to go to increasing schools and, like, health care services.” — David Friedberg, Chris Williamson Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:00:13 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/41bdf8c3-f31e-4d2c-968c-30d9339df1ef/ https://minutesof.com/q/41bdf8c3-f31e-4d2c-968c-30d9339df1ef/ “Like like, the the the world has vilified this technology. It's amazing technology. It's clean technology. What Germany is doing is bad.” — Bill Gurley, Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/2fe3808f-17ee-46b4-8044-80eeb30f8c2d/ https://minutesof.com/q/2fe3808f-17ee-46b4-8044-80eeb30f8c2d/ “Like like, the the the world has vilified this technology. It's amazing technology. It's clean technology.” — Bill Gurley, Metis Strategy Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/33873ee8-2cc4-464e-a48c-1ea71f67d753/ https://minutesof.com/q/33873ee8-2cc4-464e-a48c-1ea71f67d753/ “Do think we have a path to fixing agriculture in this country? And how do we get farmers back on track where they can earn a living without requiring checks from the government?” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:36:21 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/0139da0d-f5f9-4cef-a361-6c965c6bf608/ https://minutesof.com/q/0139da0d-f5f9-4cef-a361-6c965c6bf608/ “Well, it's it's on the ballot now in California to pass a wealth tax, and it starts as a one time 5% tax for billionaires, but it gives the legislature in California the ability to lower the threshold” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:36:21 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/96023daf-7919-428b-9865-0f4c4997e739/ https://minutesof.com/q/96023daf-7919-428b-9865-0f4c4997e739/ “He said to me last week, couple of weeks ago, that he was actually in a hangar in Baghdad talking to 400 senior Iraqi officers about running the country when the order came through to disband the army, and they all lost their pensions at the same time.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/142cb871-2d41-4e7b-8a46-36bb0bf7e174/ https://minutesof.com/q/142cb871-2d41-4e7b-8a46-36bb0bf7e174/ “I mean, the huge mistake that Bremer made in Iraq on which we were not consulted, I was chief at the time, was to disband the Iraqi military.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, The Brink Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:09:37 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/dbb65dfb-41e5-4e5e-883e-13cf2d410ddd/ https://minutesof.com/q/dbb65dfb-41e5-4e5e-883e-13cf2d410ddd/ “If a nuclear missile's heading from China to America and we can use AI to stop it, but it requires surveillance and autonomous weapons, what do we do?” — Dylan Patel, Matthew Berman Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:07:47 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/7326d4bb-2116-4a3f-a8cb-19023bd7d129/ https://minutesof.com/q/7326d4bb-2116-4a3f-a8cb-19023bd7d129/ “I made up this statement once that capitalism and democracy corrupt each other over time. Like at the starting state, everything's fine.” — Bill Gurley, Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:34:22 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/d8b087a9-0d6f-4746-bf78-1a06e70d41d4/ https://minutesof.com/q/d8b087a9-0d6f-4746-bf78-1a06e70d41d4/ “One thing that's really amazing that most Americans probably don't realize is once your senator or congressman goes on a committee, they start fundraising in other jurisdictions.” — Bill Gurley, Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:34:22 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/1a0adeee-226d-4131-af88-79ef3ed9fa4e/ https://minutesof.com/q/1a0adeee-226d-4131-af88-79ef3ed9fa4e/ “Want to, and this will be part of my new thing. I want to go study countries that have less of it and try and understand the policies.” — Bill Gurley, Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:34:22 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/215c21bd-994d-4541-9559-926a502c2efe/ https://minutesof.com/q/215c21bd-994d-4541-9559-926a502c2efe/ “And so companies get big, they spend money lobbying, they spend time in Washington and they get laws written to help them rather than to constrain them.” — Bill Gurley, Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:34:22 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/1e1b84ab-705a-4b5f-8136-c3d8c6ff6f12/ https://minutesof.com/q/1e1b84ab-705a-4b5f-8136-c3d8c6ff6f12/ “The president said last week, twenty years from now, there will be a 100,000,000 kids and families that have 3 to 4,000,000,000,000 in wealth that would have otherwise had zero because they start off with a thousand dollars, and we add money to those accounts.” — Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:40:23 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/9a4e7ce4-f940-46ce-97e7-a19e46e99b5a/ https://minutesof.com/q/9a4e7ce4-f940-46ce-97e7-a19e46e99b5a/ “In 2026, this year on July 4, every child born forevermore, think about that, forevermore. This is the magnitude of Social Security.” — Brad Gerstner, Altimeter Capital Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:01:23 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/72c6c269-0725-46e1-b2c8-4d7da83393ba/ https://minutesof.com/q/72c6c269-0725-46e1-b2c8-4d7da83393ba/ “But thinking through the second and third order effects of what would happen to kids if you kept them out of school for six months, what would happen to the economy if you shut down businesses.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/d6aff6b3-1a8c-4fa5-81c3-8c9e82d79e16/ https://minutesof.com/q/d6aff6b3-1a8c-4fa5-81c3-8c9e82d79e16/ “60,000,000 accounts created this year by June. Invest America Trump accounts are gonna change the game. It's gonna be a massive change for this country.” — Brad Gerstner, CNBC Television Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:27:14 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/0d14b5e5-f694-4354-a92b-46fba1480dba/ https://minutesof.com/q/0d14b5e5-f694-4354-a92b-46fba1480dba/ “We have governments around the world who are borrowing record amounts of money. We are, for maybe good and valid reasons, fractionalizing our labor supply through immigration reform.” — Marc Rowan, Yahoo Finance Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:00:06 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8c342d6f-c3dd-4eb4-9478-d54d1413db6b/ https://minutesof.com/q/8c342d6f-c3dd-4eb4-9478-d54d1413db6b/ “We have governments around the world who are borrowing record amounts of money. We are, for maybe good and valid reasons, fractionalizing our labor supply through immigration reform.” — Marc Rowan, Yahoo Finance Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:30:16 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8f91c414-3884-4ef7-84af-59e7beb7d0d4/ https://minutesof.com/q/8f91c414-3884-4ef7-84af-59e7beb7d0d4/ “And the Australian government have shown everybody that they can be very tough when they feel that their national security has been threatened by China, which it has on a number of occasions.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Sky News Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:33:46 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8856e1ca-d0fd-4fc2-8307-ff46b0234d6f/ https://minutesof.com/q/8856e1ca-d0fd-4fc2-8307-ff46b0234d6f/ “I fought for this for three years. We just got it included in the reconciliation bill. The House lost their mind, some freedom caucusers and tried to rename it MAGA accounts.” — Brad Gerstner, Khosla Ventures Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:51:48 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/75a83da6-3773-4656-9be3-b8d3ac317a54/ https://minutesof.com/q/75a83da6-3773-4656-9be3-b8d3ac317a54/ “You start every child at birth, 3,700,000 kids with $1,000 investment account in the S and P 500. It's a four zero one ks from birth.” — Brad Gerstner, Khosla Ventures Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:51:48 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/04f75866-6e10-437e-9d76-8638aae1d999/ https://minutesof.com/q/04f75866-6e10-437e-9d76-8638aae1d999/ “And I think all but four have never been to China. Right. And the ones that went, it was seven years ago.” — Bill Gurley, Bg2 Pod Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:51:07 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/c4f1033c-3390-4b52-9c3b-718141c5a9f3/ https://minutesof.com/q/c4f1033c-3390-4b52-9c3b-718141c5a9f3/ “I did a deep dive on on your favorite product chat, GBT, $300 version deep research, and on the 24 members of the select committee for the CCP.” — Bill Gurley, Bg2 Pod Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:51:07 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/76e2131a-35e6-42a3-8bad-00e944e23e79/ https://minutesof.com/q/76e2131a-35e6-42a3-8bad-00e944e23e79/ “We're we're a public company. Come show me the money I'm getting from the government. She's like, say, I'm getting nothing.” — Bill Gurley, Bg2 Pod Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:51:07 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/94a07fe8-e85a-4ee8-aa93-298afc0bb19d/ https://minutesof.com/q/94a07fe8-e85a-4ee8-aa93-298afc0bb19d/ “Like, if you wanna bring the jobs back there by the time you get the jobs back, there may not be any jobs. Like like at one Because of automation.” — Bill Gurley, Bg2 Pod Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:51:07 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/c96a458e-b819-49cb-b6fb-bb38b6bf952f/ https://minutesof.com/q/c96a458e-b819-49cb-b6fb-bb38b6bf952f/ “And I think all but four have never been to China. Right. And the ones that went, it was seven years ago.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:39:23 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/b6e4a83f-9ef0-4590-891e-38a4f7bab26f/ https://minutesof.com/q/b6e4a83f-9ef0-4590-891e-38a4f7bab26f/ “Like, if you wanna bring the jobs back there by the time you get the jobs back, there may not be any jobs. Like like, at one Because of automation.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:39:23 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/d2500cd8-f976-4aab-9d81-dd84e9b557e8/ https://minutesof.com/q/d2500cd8-f976-4aab-9d81-dd84e9b557e8/ “We just got back from DC. There is this hill and valley forum this week. Every single speech, every single talk, every conversation in the hallways was all about the energy demand coming from AI.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 06 May 2025 22:48:17 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/bcaf514e-ed3b-4546-959b-1f6782a433ce/ https://minutesof.com/q/bcaf514e-ed3b-4546-959b-1f6782a433ce/ “We need to get them into the game. So it's a thousand dollars at birth, seeded by the, the federal government, but private accounts.” — Brad Gerstner, CNBC Television Mon, 05 May 2025 18:29:26 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/72bb5d51-a196-4a6e-b7f6-63cb3776b6d5/ https://minutesof.com/q/72bb5d51-a196-4a6e-b7f6-63cb3776b6d5/ “S. To even 20% of global production, let alone a higher number, which is what we'd like, going back to maybe the 80s levels, right?” — Dylan Patel, Special Competitive Studies Project Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:42:15 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/3065bfce-4ee7-40be-8450-6f3252c31839/ https://minutesof.com/q/3065bfce-4ee7-40be-8450-6f3252c31839/ “I know what his goal is. No tax for anybody who makes less than a $150,000 a year. That's his goal. So you And that's what I'm working for.” — Howard Lutnick, CBS Evening News Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:26:30 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/ab9b1770-cf9b-4c61-970a-1277f16b5bd0/ https://minutesof.com/q/ab9b1770-cf9b-4c61-970a-1277f16b5bd0/ “So we're a debtor nation, and we're paying 5% on all that debt. So the hurdle rate to our return that is needed on the sovereign wealth fund, right, is 5%.” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:13:28 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/a41d2bdb-ec56-4c06-8ec4-a0d42f857dd7/ https://minutesof.com/q/a41d2bdb-ec56-4c06-8ec4-a0d42f857dd7/ “So prior to 1910, which is when we got the income tax, right, the vast majority,” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:13:28 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/78d882a6-5263-4779-afcc-3c240b703767/ https://minutesof.com/q/78d882a6-5263-4779-afcc-3c240b703767/ “In admissions and in faculty hiring, no consideration of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, otherwise. Merit. That does not mean you cannot hire the best basketball team.” — Marc Rowan, Park Avenue Synagogue Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:42:06 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8e4044ff-d0e1-47be-bd88-937c9c3021a3/ https://minutesof.com/q/8e4044ff-d0e1-47be-bd88-937c9c3021a3/ “And the Chevron doctrine basically allowed agencies vested agencies authority to make regulatory, rules that can then be imposed legally, statutorily.” — David Friedberg, Seed World Group Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:23:06 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/fa0e298b-b580-4e1c-9b76-2a7e5932332c/ https://minutesof.com/q/fa0e298b-b580-4e1c-9b76-2a7e5932332c/ “I think we're better off as a country when these companies are coming public sooner. But that's that's in fact what's happened. So we invest early.” — Brad Gerstner, Hoover Institution Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:07:35 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/b314fc2d-9605-4227-b37c-08806e129b08/ https://minutesof.com/q/b314fc2d-9605-4227-b37c-08806e129b08/ “So the idea is that the federal government would cause to be created 3,700,000 investment accounts a year for every child that's born in America.” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:11:58 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/3852c40c-1d77-4af5-97c3-abd014d5ce96/ https://minutesof.com/q/3852c40c-1d77-4af5-97c3-abd014d5ce96/ “And I don't think blocking ASML or blocking AI technology or blocking anything is working. It's just not working.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:11:58 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/ec8bc5b1-b003-4010-96a9-274edf2690d5/ https://minutesof.com/q/ec8bc5b1-b003-4010-96a9-274edf2690d5/ “So every child born, 3,700,000 children born in this country a year, they all get a thousand dollar investment account invested in the S and P 500.” — Brad Gerstner, Summit Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:01:32 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/781229f1-99e4-4024-bb8d-2dbbceb1acf6/ https://minutesof.com/q/781229f1-99e4-4024-bb8d-2dbbceb1acf6/ “Now the Chinese to say we'll do more and more if needed, they don't say that because it's not been healthy to say those sort of things in China.” — David Tepper, CNBC Television Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:30:27 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8da10156-cdab-417d-a096-e4612c67b49a/ https://minutesof.com/q/8da10156-cdab-417d-a096-e4612c67b49a/ “It seems to me the first two, right, we can tackle, right? You can consolidate the regulatory environment in The United States so that you reduce the time to bring one of these things online and I also think that if you clustered some of these, if we wanted to get back to building more of these reactors” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:12:29 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/d35227b0-45f5-453a-8a61-4dda40db5dbb/ https://minutesof.com/q/d35227b0-45f5-453a-8a61-4dda40db5dbb/ “Right? I do hear things around key policy areas that impact entrepreneurship that people care deeply about.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/87353c66-0b0c-4319-a6e2-ae1970e60270/ https://minutesof.com/q/87353c66-0b0c-4319-a6e2-ae1970e60270/ “this crazy idea to tax unrealized capital gains and how that in and of itself is not only almost impossible to implement, but also would undermine the very incentive that entrepreneurs have to go create businesses.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/27701a69-3ec7-45e9-9808-8c05682c9140/ https://minutesof.com/q/27701a69-3ec7-45e9-9808-8c05682c9140/ “This legislation will cause the Treasury Department to set up 3,700,000 private accounts. Those private accounts will be seeded with $1,000 from the federal government.” — Brad Gerstner, iConnections Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:38:34 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/2a05d881-24a2-4b96-8910-9cc7525753d8/ https://minutesof.com/q/2a05d881-24a2-4b96-8910-9cc7525753d8/ “This idea is a bipartisan piece of legislation where the federal government will seed a private investment account for every child born in America. So think about this. 3,700,000 children born a year.” — Brad Gerstner, Bloomberg Podcasts Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:00:53 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/9fa2e410-3dea-4663-a193-c840777d7165/ https://minutesof.com/q/9fa2e410-3dea-4663-a193-c840777d7165/ “Seed it with $1,000 in the S and P 500 because today, 70% of families and kids will never benefit from savings or investment, right?” — Brad Gerstner, Elad Gil Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:27:02 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/1aa44a6c-4a2a-448b-a467-dfabb723ab95/ https://minutesof.com/q/1aa44a6c-4a2a-448b-a467-dfabb723ab95/ “If we had started this thirty years ago, a 29 year old today would have over $250,000 in their Invest America account.” — Brad Gerstner, Joe Lonsdale Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:32:55 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/89ea37a4-8221-4263-80d9-10e67c0b12d8/ https://minutesof.com/q/89ea37a4-8221-4263-80d9-10e67c0b12d8/ “The export restrictions have clearly failed because China is still able to manufacture. And what's surprising about the chip that Huawei did is, you know, it's a phone chip.” — Dylan Patel, Hidden Forces Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:00:36 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/07cf202b-b827-4f01-95b8-b8dbc9706b30/ https://minutesof.com/q/07cf202b-b827-4f01-95b8-b8dbc9706b30/ “I think it's about, you know, we we can aggregate more money through a central source, some federal grants or or what have you.” — David Friedberg, Dr Brian Keating Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:00:09 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/54c59dbd-325a-4374-8100-5f603df4baee/ https://minutesof.com/q/54c59dbd-325a-4374-8100-5f603df4baee/ “I don't wanna go spend 10,000,000 in Washington to lobby them to create the Invest America account. Let's you and I put up the money. Let's incubate this.” — Brad Gerstner, All-In Podcast Sat, 17 Apr 2021 02:12:13 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/20610e33-92c0-4814-9023-a7b8ec0bb2c7/ https://minutesof.com/q/20610e33-92c0-4814-9023-a7b8ec0bb2c7/ “I'm a huge fan of ending qualified immunity. I think that doesn't make any sense. I think we have to stop arming our police like their military.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:45:29 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/800e3400-650c-44d8-8c32-f9385fb60669/ https://minutesof.com/q/800e3400-650c-44d8-8c32-f9385fb60669/ “Look, we've been arming our police force mistakenly like our military. And we've been doing it for decades now and it makes no sense.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 02:45:29 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/a73bd93f-9fbd-4712-8f92-0ed0d57da994/ https://minutesof.com/q/a73bd93f-9fbd-4712-8f92-0ed0d57da994/ “Bill Gurley has been tweeting a lot of great research that around police departments that are unionized, there's a lot more complaints against them.” — David Sacks, All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:15:25 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/45b64153-d2b7-4bf2-82fe-2e080e6806f1/ https://minutesof.com/q/45b64153-d2b7-4bf2-82fe-2e080e6806f1/ “South Korea, fifty one million people under three hundred deaths. You take a a Western European nation like Czech Republic, they had a huge COVID outbreak, a spike just like the rest of Europe.” — David Sacks, All-In Podcast Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:15:25 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/18c5fe18-2784-42b8-8db1-4cc47ab7fa69/ https://minutesof.com/q/18c5fe18-2784-42b8-8db1-4cc47ab7fa69/ “We've seen in the Asian countries or Czechoslovakia, other places, they've been able to get the so called R naught,” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/0822ee2c-aa7b-4051-94f8-379c30297f26/ https://minutesof.com/q/0822ee2c-aa7b-4051-94f8-379c30297f26/ “where I come out on this thing is that I think we should end lockdowns but wear masks, and it's very hard to find anybody, you know, in the political spectrum who agrees with that because, you know, one side wants to keep lockdowns going indefinitely and the other doesn't want us to wear masks.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/ea4c04c9-8271-41b8-bbef-e580abfbfc8e/ https://minutesof.com/q/ea4c04c9-8271-41b8-bbef-e580abfbfc8e/ “Well, nowhere in the country did the hospitals get overwhelmed and we're still in these lockdowns. And so, you know, I think that it's long overdue for it to end.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Thu, 21 May 2020 05:18:18 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/1f4fe9ea-3739-4f44-ba73-5ce4681ac816/ https://minutesof.com/q/1f4fe9ea-3739-4f44-ba73-5ce4681ac816/ “Remdesivir should be broadly and widely available right now. People shouldn't have to file for compassionate use to get it.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:04:09 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/02aca04e-80be-4818-b353-a5b3230dbd9a/ https://minutesof.com/q/02aca04e-80be-4818-b353-a5b3230dbd9a/ “You should still have the PCR tests, but they're expensive and they take a long time to run and they require chemical labs and all this stuff.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:04:09 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/9c52477f-a31f-4618-b913-87460adedfd6/ https://minutesof.com/q/9c52477f-a31f-4618-b913-87460adedfd6/ “But what we really have missed the boat on, and we're still missing the boat on, is knowing who's been infected and to what extent this thing has actually spread already.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:04:09 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8c61c2d7-9777-4622-ad20-7f062122d3da/ https://minutesof.com/q/8c61c2d7-9777-4622-ad20-7f062122d3da/ “And my advice to Blair, which he didn't follow, because I'm not a policy guy, but I said, look, what we should have because bits of the Iraqi army were not particularly contaminated by Saddam Hussein.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/bdda7c38-6b48-4322-89fb-8255d10b09f7/ https://minutesof.com/q/bdda7c38-6b48-4322-89fb-8255d10b09f7/ “So as it were, the intelligence beam had too much weight on it and it buckled.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, Cliveden Literary Festival Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:16:04 +0000 policy https://minutesof.com/q/8f9294d8-9a27-4276-9fec-380f4816e3b2/ https://minutesof.com/q/8f9294d8-9a27-4276-9fec-380f4816e3b2/ “Simply shutting the door on migration is not an option. History tells us that human tides are irresistible unless the gravitational pull that causes them is removed.” — Sir Richard Dearlove, BBC News Mon, 16 May 2016 17:13:13 +0000 policy