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Now he invented the term "tax cuts"? (Original Post) elehhhhna Dec 2017 OP
Maybe he did. brucefan Dec 2017 #1
Baby Bush, of course RainCaster Dec 2017 #2
Guess who said "a rising tide lifts all boats"? dalton99a Dec 2017 #3

dalton99a

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3. Guess who said "a rising tide lifts all boats"?
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 12:30 PM
Dec 2017

JFK

President John F. Kennedy brought up the issue of tax reduction in his 1963 State of the Union address. His initial plan called for a $13.5 billion tax cut through a reduction of the top income tax rate from 91% to 65%, reduction of the bottom rate from 20% to 14%, and a reduction in the corporate tax rate from 52% to 47%. The first attempt at passing the tax cuts was rejected by Congress in 1963. Conservatives revolted at giving Kennedy a key legislative victory before the election of 1964.[3]

Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, and was succeeded by Lyndon Johnson. Johnson was able to achieve Kennedy's goal of a tax cut in exchange for promising a budget not to exceed $100 billion in 1965. The Revenue Act of 1964 emerged from Congress and was signed by Johnson on February 26, 1964.[1][4]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1964
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