This was his philosophy. This isn't the first time that the rhetoric of economic liberty gleaned from the speeches of Democrat JFK has been used by Republicans to support tax-cutting efforts. Ronald Reagan quoted President Kennedy when pushing his own 1981 tax plan. A tax cut means higher family income and a balanced federal budget. Every businessman can keep a higher percentage of his profits, and as the national income grows, the federal government will ultimately end up with more revenues.
Prosperity is the real way to balance our budget.
More significantly, Bush's tax cut is even smaller in comparison to the Kennedy tax cut when it is measured as a percentage of total government spending over the same phase-in period. John F. Kennedy is not the only Democratic icon who backed a tax cut larger than Bush's. But such facts won't stop latter-day Democratic protests against Bush's small tax cut. And that's just fine with Mueller. He sees Kennedy's animosity as a plus.