Obit Magazine on Jack Kemp: “Kemp wasn’t one of a kind: The quirky and individualistic Barry Goldwater, for whom he volunteered in 1964, was his ideological forerunner. Ronald Reagan, in whose Sacramento office Kemp once worked when Reagan was California’s governor, shared his famous passion for supply-side economics: a stratagem for eternal American prosperity that involved a radical cut in taxes and – somehow or other – a government both flush with cash and raring to spend it. But Kemp was unusual in one special way: He never sacrificed any of his personal beliefs, however sound or loony, for either expediency or personal advancement.”
The article also says Kemp advocated returning to the gold standard. I wonder if that appeals to more people today with our current president’s attack on our economic stability.
Hunter Baker has a tribute to the man on his blog.
The Ghost of Kemp
Mere Comments points out a liberal opinion report on the disastrous effect higher taxes may have on the porn industry in California. After noting the details, Russell Moore consludes, “So, high taxes hurt the producers of goods, making it less likely that they will produce these goods for the public, and intense regulation will cause businesses to pick up and move elsewhere, thereby hurting the lower-income workers dependent on these businesses? It seems Arthur Laffer and Jack Kemp are still alive and well, and on the left wing.”