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The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

- John F. Kennedy

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"You cannot negotiate with people who say, What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."

-John F. Kennedy

The Best Portrait of JFK in the Last Fifty Years*

*Or possibly, ever. I may be biased. I may not know art, but I know what I like. This portrait is both poignant and compelling. I was blown away by it.

Editor's Note: John draws the pretty pictures, I write the headlines here. Just so you know John wasn't patting himself on the back. If I use his title for the headline, it will show up in quotes. Otherwise, assume I wrote it.


Original art by John Cox. More at John Cox Art

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

-John F. Kennedy

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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.

-John F. Kennedy

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“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty.”

-John F. Kennedy

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“Tax reduction thus sets off a process that can bring gains for everyone, gains won by marshaling resources that would otherwise stand idle—workers without jobs and farm and factory capacity without markets.”

-President John F. Kennedy

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

-John F. Kennedy