September 8, 2010 1:33PM 

# A Debate Between John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama 

By [Daniel J. Mitchell](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-mitchell) 

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Here’s a clever video produced by the Winston Group, comparing the tax policies of two Democratic Presidents. Having [previously highlighted Kennedy’s tax-cutting approach](http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/i-support-the-democratic-presidents-tax-policy/), it is painful for me to observe the [class warfare approach of the Obama Administration](http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/obamas-tax-policy-threatens-americas-economy/). 

What’s especially fascinating is that JFK intuitively [understood the Laffer Curve](http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/whats-the-ideal-point-on-the-laffer-curve/), particularly the insight that deficits usually are the result of slow growth, not the cause of slow growth.

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[Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) 

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