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Jack Kemp for President
1988 Republican Presidential Primary
Jack Kemp for President
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Jack Kemp Declares Bid For Presidency
Washington, D.C. - Citing what he calls "the three great challenges facing us in the decade ahead," Rep. Jack Kemp has begun his long anticipated run for President of the United States. Surrounded by his family and 26 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kemp delivered a brief but powerful speech built around themes of optimism, confidence, and faith in the American people.
The "three great challenges" of the 1990's, as outlined by Kemp, sounded a note familiar to populist conservatives. Kemp said the challenges are "the defense of peace and freedom; the defense of our children and the family; and a national commitment to the highest ideal of economic justice—full employment without inflation for all Americans."
During his 17 year tenure as a Member of the U.S. House, Kemp has established himself as one of the most innovative and creative conservative thinkers in the nation. But, just as importantly, Kemp has demonstrated a real ability to take ideas and turn them into legislation and public policy. Kemp's plan to meet the economic challenge of full employment without inflation draws heavily on his experiences as a policymaker during the Reagan administration.
"I am proud to have carried the banner of growth for our party; proud to have fought for the two historic pieces of legislation: the Kemp-Roth bill which lowered tax rates on workers and savers; and our historic tax reform which raises the personal exemption to $2,000, and lowers the tax rate to 15% for more than 80 % of American families."
But, the most important parts of Kemp's announcement deal not with past performance, but instead with the positions he has taken on key issues and the agenda he will bring to the Presidency.
"The conservative movement is growing, and pushing on, and winning because we are guided by the shining star of an idea far brighter and more powerful than any party or individual. Strengthened by our numbers, heartened by our courage, emboldened by the rightness of our cause, let the word go forth: the conservative movement in America is no straggling army falling back in retreat; we are a fit and fearless force rising on the wings of victory—and victory shall be ours."
Jack Kemp
Kemp begins by pointing out that, not only is he the only announced GOP candidate to have supported Ronald Reagan in 1980, but also that he is the only presidential aspirant who has never voted for plans that would raise taxes on the American people. From here, Kemp calls for several initiatives aimed at tackling the Federal budget deficit and restoring productivity to the nation's farms and factories.
In addition to his promotion of lower tax rates and a more simple tax code, Kemp renews his call for the line item veto and strict limits on federal spending.
To build the nation's productive capacity and create a higher standard of living, Kemp details a list of positive initiatives. He asks for enterprise zones to combat unemployment and economic stagnation, and urban homesteading legislation that would permit people who live in public housing to have the opportunity to buy their property.
Kemp pays special attention to the nation's farms, calling for "a stable dollar, lower long term interest rates, a chance to work out from under our debts, and new markets for our products." To accomplish this, Kemp would move towards guaranteeing the purchasing power of the dollar, and would convene an international conference with America's trading partners. The conference would seek to open markets, work to establish free trading zones, reduce subsidies that impair competition, and stabilize currencies.
A main tenet of Kemp's well-defined economic plans is his understanding of the importance of creating new markets for American products. To assist in this effort, Kemp would encourage greater economic growth and development abroad by using existing agencies such as the International Monetary Fund, to build the economies of our trading partners thus creating new customers for American goods and services.
While economics plays a central role in Kemp's agenda for the 1990's—the defense of peace and freedom—Kemp embraces the concept of strategic defense, calling SDI "the greatest peace initiative in postwar history." He says he would not only develop defenses against nuclear attack, but would move to deploy those defenses so that Americans can "tell our children and our grandchildren that we found the way to protect America, to move the world from
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Arlington, Virginia 22209
Paid for and authorized by Jack Kemp for President, Scott B. Mackenzie, Treasurer
Jack Kemp Declares Bid For Presidency
Washington, D.C. - Citing what he calls "the three great challenges facing us in the decade ahead," Rep. Jack Kemp has begun his long anticipated run for President of the United States. Surrounded by his family and 26 of his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives, Kemp delivered a brief but powerful speech built around themes of optimism, confidence, and faith in the American people.
The "three great challenges" of the 1990's, as outlined by Kemp, sounded a note familiar to populist conservatives. Kemp said the challenges are "the defense of peace and freedom; the defense of our children and the family; and a national commitment to the highest ideal of economic justice—full employment without inflation for all Americans."
During his 17 year tenure as a Member of the U.S. House, Kemp has established himself as one of the most innovative and creative conservative thinkers in the nation. But, just as importantly, Kemp has demonstrated a real ability to take ideas and turn them into legislation and public policy. Kemp's plan to meet the economic challenge of full employment without inflation draws heavily on his experiences as a policymaker during the Reagan administration.
"I am proud to have carried the banner of growth for our party; proud to have fought for the two historic pieces of legislation: the Kemp-Roth bill which lowered tax rates on workers and savers; and our historic tax reform which raises the personal exemption to $2,000, and lowers the tax rate to 15% for more than 80 % of American families."
But, the most important parts of Kemp's announcement deal not with past performance, but instead with the positions he has taken on key issues and the agenda he will bring to the Presidency.
"The conservative movement is growing, and pushing on, and winning because we are guided by the shining star of an idea far brighter and more powerful than any party or individual. Strengthened by our numbers, heartened by our courage, emboldened by the rightness of our cause, let the word go forth: the conservative movement in America is no straggling army falling back in retreat; we are a fit and fearless force rising on the wings of victory—and victory shall be ours."
Jack Kemp
Kemp begins by pointing out that, not only is he the only announced GOP candidate to have supported Ronald Reagan in 1980, but also that he is the only presidential aspirant who has never voted for plans that would raise taxes on the American people. From here, Kemp calls for several initiatives aimed at tackling the Federal budget deficit and restoring productivity to the nation's farms and factories.
In addition to his promotion of lower tax rates and a more simple tax code, Kemp renews his call for the line item veto and strict limits on federal spending.
To build the nation's productive capacity and create a higher standard of living, Kemp details a list of positive initiatives. He asks for enterprise zones to combat unemployment and economic stagnation, and urban homesteading legislation that would permit people who live in public housing to have the opportunity to buy their property.
Kemp pays special attention to the nation's farms, calling for "a stable dollar, lower long term interest rates, a chance to work out from under our debts, and new markets for our products." To accomplish this, Kemp would move towards guaranteeing the purchasing power of the dollar, and would convene an international conference with America's trading partners. The conference would seek to open markets, work to establish free trading zones, reduce subsidies that impair competition, and stabilize currencies.
A main tenet of Kemp's well-defined economic plans is his understanding of the importance of creating new markets for American products. To assist in this effort, Kemp would encourage greater economic growth and development abroad by using existing agencies such as the International Monetary Fund, to build the economies of our trading partners thus creating new customers for American goods and services.
While economics plays a central role in Kemp's agenda for the 1990's—the defense of peace and freedom—Kemp embraces the concept of strategic defense, calling SDI "the greatest peace initiative in postwar history." He says he would not only develop defenses against nuclear attack, but would move to deploy those defenses so that Americans can "tell our children and our grandchildren that we found the way to protect America, to move the world from
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