Jack Kemp: R.I.P.
"Bleeding-heart conservative," Jack Kemp, has died. Article here.
Brookhiser: "He was a great friend of National Review, and there was nothing more exhilirating than Jack at full speed: a combination of riding a great horse, and a roller coaster."
Weekly Standard:
"He was John the Baptist to "the Oldest and Wisest"--and in doing so became one of the most influential political figures of our time.
Update: Richard Rahn on "The Jack Kemp I Knew." (Thanks, David)
Brookhiser: "He was a great friend of National Review, and there was nothing more exhilirating than Jack at full speed: a combination of riding a great horse, and a roller coaster."
Weekly Standard:
"He was John the Baptist to "the Oldest and Wisest"--and in doing so became one of the most influential political figures of our time.
Had it not been for the radical 30 percent across-the-board tax rate cut that Kemp sold to candidate Reagan, America never would have realized the prosperity of the Reagan era and beyond. (Looking back, can you imagine a society that had accepted the legitimacy of 70 percent tax rates on our best producers?) By the sheer force of his evangelistic personality, he brought supply-side economic theories to influential journalists and politicians--and also to Ronald Reagan--legitimizing the concept that tax rate cuts were essential to unleash the creativity and innovation of the American dream."
Heritage Foundation.Update: Richard Rahn on "The Jack Kemp I Knew." (Thanks, David)
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