(03-13-2022 09:07 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 08:22 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(03-13-2022 08:13 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Dems are clearly not a party that only wants to raise taxes - they are looking to raise taxes explicitly on the wealthiest individuals in the country, but they’re often looking to decrease taxes on the lower and middle class. So trying to argue that the desire to increase taxes on the wealthy would completely disconnect them from JFK falls flat.

Corporations and the highest-earning ("wealthy" is a misnomer) individuals are explicitly those for whom JFK wanted to lower taxes (and LBJ carried it out after JFK's death). So stating that those are explicitly the ones on whom democrats want to raise taxes puts him directly at odds with them.

I see nothing in JFK's record to indicate that he would have supported the kind of redistributionist class warfare that is now at the heart of democrat policies.

JFK supported what was essentially Medicare. No way modern-day Republican politicians would support that.

JFK supported a strong stance against aggressive totalitarianism and in defense of free countries. No way modern-day Democratic politicians would support that.

Congress can adopt domestic policy without the President's overt support. Congress cannot conduct foreign policy.

I'll take the trade.