JFK Cut Taxes; Alabama Shouldn’t Raise Them

The closer to September 9 we get, the more Gov. Riley stretches for excuses for pushing the largest tax increase in state history. Tuesday, Riley attempted to compare his massive tax increase to former President John F. Kennedy’s call to send a man to the moon.

According to Mike Cason, reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser, “Riley invoked the memory of Kennedy’s commitment to reach the moon Tuesday while speaking to the Business Breakfast, which is sponsored by Auburn University at Montgomery’s School of Continuing Education. ‘He didn’t say we’re going to try. He didn’t say if we can develop the processes. He said we’re going to do it,’ Riley said, referring to Kennedy’s 1961 pledge to put a man on the moon before the 1960s ended.”

— “Riley ties Kennedy to tax” By Mike Cason, the Montgomery Advertiser

While it is fair to ask what raising taxes has to do with putting a man on the moon, one thing is for certain – where John F. Kennedy stood on the issue of taxes. If Gov. Riley truly wants to embrace the legacy of John F. Kennedy, then Gov. Riley needs to support tax cuts, not tax increases. Here’s what President Kennedy said about tax cuts:

“The final and best means of strengthening demand among consumers and business is to reduce the burden on private income and the deterrence to private initiative which are imposed by our present tax system, and this administration pledged itself last summer to an across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes to be enacted and become effective in 1963.” — President John F. Kennedy

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