JFK vs. Goldwater

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What did Goldwater think about taxes?

Goldwater opposed the 1961 Kennedy tax cut.  He wanted to raise taxes to balance the budget.

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http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-so-ev.html

Lee Edwards spoke about "Barry Goldwater: The Once and Future Libertarian" at a Book Forum honoring publication of his new book, Goldwater: The Man Who Made a Revolution. Edwards pointed out that Goldwater's 1964 presidential platform, which included a call for a flat tax, privatization, elimination of farm subsidies, and voluntary Social Security, is today at the center of the public policy debate.

http://www.wanniski.com/showarticle.asp?articleid=2061

Goldwater may have supproted flat taxes in principle, but as Jude Wanniski recalls:

"You're all too young to remember, but Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign featured ATTACKS on the Kennedy tax cuts that passed that year, tax cuts which brought the top income-tax rate to 70% from 91%."