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[[File:Dole Kemp RNCphoto.jpg|thumb|Jack Kemp (left) and Robert Dole]]

[[File:Dole Kemp RNCphoto.jpg|thumb|Jack Kemp (left) and Robert Dole]]

'''Jack Kemp''' (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was a congressman from the [[Buffalo]] area who led the movement for tax cuts in the 1980s. His legislation, entitled the "Kemp-Roth" tax cuts, embodied the insight of [[supply-side economics]] that cutting taxes could both help the economy and increase government revenue. A former star football player in the fledgling [[American Football League]], Kemp ran unsuccessfully for [[President]] in 1988 and was the unsuccessful [[Republican]] nominee for the [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] in 1996. He also served for four years as the [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] ([[HUD]]) under President [[George H.W. Bush]].

'''Jack Kemp''' (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was a congressman from the [[Buffalo]] area who led the movement for tax cuts in the 1980s. His legislation, entitled the "Kemp-Roth" tax cuts, embodied the insight of [[supply-side economics]] that cutting taxes could both help the economy and increase government revenue. A former star football player in the fledgling [[American Football League]], Kemp ran unsuccessfully for [[President]] in 1988 and was the unsuccessful [[Republican]] nominee for the [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] in 1996. He also served for four years as the [[Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] ([[HUD]]) under President [[George H.W. Bush]]. His supply-side Kemp-Roth bill during the Reagan years enacted a 30% tax cut over three-years and helped to unleash a 17-year economic expansion.

Solidly [[conservative]] as a [[congressman]] and candidate for higher office, Kemp continued to help [[conservative]] candidates and causes.  But in March 2006 he co-chaired a project with [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] [[John Edwards]] for the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] on the topic of [[Russia]]'s future and what the [[United States]] "can and should do."<ref>http://www.cfr.org/publication/9997/</ref>   

Solidly [[conservative]] as a [[congressman]] and candidate for higher office, Kemp continued to help [[conservative]] candidates and causes.  But in March 2006 he co-chaired a project with [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] [[John Edwards]] for the [[Council on Foreign Relations]] on the topic of [[Russia]]'s future and what the [[United States]] "can and should do."<ref>http://www.cfr.org/publication/9997/</ref>   

* "Democracy without morality is impossible" <ref>[http://www.quotes-museum.com/quote/51092 Jack Kemp Quotes] Quotes Museum</ref>

* "Democracy without morality is impossible" <ref>[http://www.quotes-museum.com/quote/51092 Jack Kemp Quotes] Quotes Museum</ref>

* "Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down."

* "Every time in this century we've lowered the tax rates across the board, on employment, on saving, investment and risk-taking in this economy, revenues went up, not down."

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