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James Pethokoukis, U.S. News & World Report reports:"It turns out Obama really is the black Kennedy—but he's not Jack, he's Teddy," is how one economic conservative, in a chat with me, riffed on the common description of Barack Obama as the "black JFK."
What did he mean by that crack? This: Despite Obama's impressive oratorical skills and tremendous likability, his actual policy proposals are pretty much what Democrats have been running on for a generation: higher taxes on labor, capital, and corporations. (Recall that JFK pushed for sweeping income tax cuts.) More government involvement in healthcare. More regulation of business. Skepticism about free trade.
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