Jack Kemp from Creators Syndicate

A Celebration of Israel's Progress for 05/19/2008

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

As I prepare to travel to Israel this June - my second mission for the American-Israeli Friendship League and the Israel Finance Ministry - I also will be participating in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Israel's historic independence. Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians are protesting what they call the "nakba," or the catastrophe, of Israel's birth.

Historically and pol ...

Updated: Mon May 19, 2008

Obama Versus McCain on the Economy for 08/05/2008

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

"It's a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now." Those are the words of President John F. Kennedy in 1962. He went on to say, "The purpose of cutting taxes now is not to incur a budget deficit but to achieve the more prosperous, expanding economy which can bri ...

Updated: Tue Aug 05, 2008

Tax Cuts for the Middle Class for 09/16/2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Barack Obama says he supports a tax cut for 95 percent of all Americans. He is referring here to his proposal for a $500 refundable income tax credit for all workers, except those in the top 5 percent of income earners. These folks, for some reason, are to be singled out for "special treatment" — i.e., tax increases — unless, as he told ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos las ...

Updated: Tue Sep 16, 2008

The Treats to Our Markets for 10/27/2008

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Are Barack Obama's proposed tax increases adversely affecting our financial markets? We say yes, unambiguously. The senator has done a masterful job distracting attention from his tax increases with his $500-per-worker tax credit supposedly for 95 percent of Americans.

Obama has also set forth more than half a dozen additional refundable income tax credits targeted to low- and moderate-i ...

Updated: Mon Oct 27, 2008

A Letter to my Grandchildren for 11/12/2008

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Dear Kemp grandchildren — all 17 of you, spread out from the East Coast to the West Coast, and from Wheaton College in Illinois, to Wake Forest University in North Carolina:

My first thought last week upon learning that a 47-year-old African-American Democrat had won the presidency was, "Is this a great country or not?"

You may have expected your grandfather to be ...

Updated: Wed Nov 12, 2008