RFK Jr. Would Have Made JFK Proud

This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal on September 12, 2024

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Donald Trump, five of his siblings issued a statement denouncing him: “Our brother Bobby’s decision . . . is a betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear.”

Among the values they cited was “a shared vision of a brighter future” defined by “economic promise.” But when it comes to economic policy, Mr. Trump is much better aligned with the values of President John F. Kennedy than Kamala Harris is.

In December 1962, speaking at the Economic Club of New York, JFK said that the “federal government’s most useful role” was “to expand the incentives and opportunities for private expenditures” by cutting “the fetters which hold back private spending.” He committed “to an across-the-board, top-to-bottom cut in personal and corporate income taxes.”

Read the full op-ed in the Wall Street Journal here.