I said, Mr. President, just follow your instincts in that debate, your instincts are what got you here and that's what will win you the presidency in my opinion.
Jack Kemp
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American football player and politician (1935–2009)
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June 5, 2004
Reagan didn't get a balanced budget, but he got the economy growing again, we spent money on defense and I think it's that that defeated the Soviet Union.
— Jack Kemp
The rich ended up paying more taxes. I think 55 percent of all tax revenues to the federal government are paid by that top 2 percent of people in this country.
So Paul Volcker brought down inflation with a very tight monetary policy. And Ronald Reagan deregulated and cut tax rates, not taxes, tax rates.
Yes, it really did. I heard the previous speaker say that the economy had high unemployment and high inflation at the same time. And the simultaneity of inflation/unemployment could not be met by conventional methods of Keynesian Economics.
I do not believe it is a coincidence that McKelvey's forced removal from his post as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, which is unprecedented in its history, followed closely on the heels of an important speech given by McKelvey to…
I believe that this treatment of any Government official who deviates from the official administration line that the United States is on the very brink of running out of energy is an absolute scandal.





