368Economists 6Nobel Laureates antiJFK

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Wed, 10-13-2004 - 8:24pm

To whom it may concern:


We, the undersigned, strongly oppose key aspects of the economic agenda that John Kerry has offered in his bid for the U.S. presidency.


John Kerry says he "is committed to balancing the budget," but he has proposed additional spending that some analysts have estimated could cost as much as $226.1 billion annually ($2.261 trillion over ten years).  He promises to "end corporate welfare as we know it" by implementing the "McCain-Kerry commission on corporate welfare," but he also proposes to provide additional "tax credits and subsidies to manufacturers" that meet his criteria.


Entitlement reform is the most important fiscal challenge facing the country, yet Kerry's approach has been to deny that any fix is needed.  Indeed, Kerry criticized the recent Medicare expansion for not being large enough.


John Kerry has proposed tax increases that threaten to sap the economy's vitality and reduce long-term growth.  Specifically, Kerry proposes to "restore the top two tax rates to their levels under President Clinton."  He would also, among other things, "restore the capital gains and dividend rates for families making over $200,000 on income earned above $200,000 to their levels under President Clinton."  Kerry's stated desire to balance the budget and to boost federal spending substantially would almost certainly require far higher and broader tax increases than he has proposed.


John Kerry boasts that his economic policies will lead to the creation of 10 million jobs in his first term as president.  As Martin Sullivan wrote last April in the strictly non-partisan Tax Notes, no one "has presented any analysis to relate the Kerry plan to the creation of 1 million jobs, much less 10 million jobs."  In fact, we believe Kerry's proposals would, over time, inhibit capital formation, depress productivity growth, and make the United States less competitive internationally.  The end result would be lower U.S. employment and real wage growth.


John Kerry has expressed a general reluctance to reduce trade barriers. He has promised, if elected, to "review existing trade agreements."  He vows not to "sign any new trade agreements until the review is complete and its recommendations put in place."  That's a prescription for political gridlock.  Given the widespread benefits of unfettered trade, Kerry's trade policies would harm U.S. producers and consumers alike.


All in all, John Kerry favors economic policies that, if implemented, would lead to bigger and more intrusive government and a lower standard of living for the American people.


Note : Affiliations are provided for identification purposes only. The organizations listed below should in no way be considered as endorsing the views of the individual.



Burton A. Abrams
University of Delaware


Douglas K. Adie
Ohio University


Richard Agnello
University of Delaware


William Albrecht
University of Iowa


Donald L. Alexander
Western Michigan University


William R. Allen
University of California , Los Angeles


Ryan C. Amacher
University of Texas-Arlington


Annelise Anderson
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University


Martin Amderson
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University


Wayne Angell
Angell Economics (proprietor)


Jim Araji
University of Idaho


Richard K. Armey
Former U.S. House Majority Leader


John Baden
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment


Charles W. Baird
California State University , Hayward


Anatol Balbach
Private Economist


Ray Ball
University of Chicago


A. Paul Ballantyne
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs


King Banaian
St. Cloud State University


Andy Barnett
Auburn University


Howard J. Beales III
George Washington University


Stacie Beck
University of Delaware


Gary S. Becker
University of Chicago


Don Bellante
University of South Florida


David BenDaniel
Cornell University


Bruce Bender
University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee


Bruce L. Benson
Florida State University


M. Douglas Berg
Sam Houston State University


John J. Bethune
Barton College


Bob Bise
Orange Coast College


Michael K. Block
University of Arizona


Cecil E. Bohanon
Ball State University


Donald R. Booth
Chapman University


G. Geoffrey Booth
Michigan State University


George Borjas
Harvard University


George Borts
Brown University


Michael J. Boskin
Stanford University


John H. Boyd
University of Minnesota


Michael W. Brandl
The University of Texas at Austin


Wayne Brough
Citizens for a Sound Economy


David Brown
University of Wisconsin at Madison


William W. Brown
California State University , Northridge


John B. Bryant
Rice University


Phil Bryson
Brigham Young University


Andrzej Brzeski
University of California , Davis


Steve Buccola
Oregon State University


James Buchanan
George Mason University


Richard C. K. Burdekin
Claremont McKenna College


Rob Burrus
University of North Carolina — Wilmington


Jim Butkiewicz
University of Delaware


Steven Call
Metropolitan State College of Denver


Colin D. Campbell
Dartmouth College


Noel D. Campbell
North Georgia College and State University


Oral Capps, Jr.
Texas A&M University


John S. Chipman
University of Minnesota


Barry R. Chiswick
University of Illinois — Chicago


Richard H. Clarida
Columbia University


J.R. Clark
University of Tennessee


R. Morris Coats
Nicholls State University


Joe Cobb
Dana Point , California


Howard Cochran, Jr.
Belmont University


John P. Cochran
Metropolitan State College of Denver


John Cogan
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University


Boyd D. Collier
Tarleton State University


Roy Cordato
John Locke Foundation


Jim F. Couch
University of Northern Alabama


Eleanor Craig
University of Delaware


Ward S.Curran
Trinity College


Michael R. Darby
University of California , Los Angeles


Larry Davidson
Indiana University


Otto Davis
Carnegie Mellon University


Ronnie H. Davis
Florida Institute of Technology


Steve Davis
University of Chicago


Ed Day
University of Central Florida (retired)


Arthur De Vany
University of California , Irvine (emeritus)


Thomas DeLeire
Michigan State University


Gregory J. Delemeester
Marietta College


Henry Demmert
Santa Clara University


Christopher DeMuth
American Enterprise Institute


Craig A. Depken, II
Private economist


William G. Dewald
Ohio State University


Arthur M. Diamond, Jr.
University of Nebraska at Omaha


Jeff Dorfman
University of Georgia


William C. Dunkelberg
Temple University


Robert M. Dunn, Jr.
George Washington University


Parnell Duverger
Broward Community College


Dennis S. Edwards
Coastal Carolina University


Isaac Ehrlich
State University of New York at Buffalo


Jeffrey A. Eisenach
CapAnalysis, LLC


Dennis F. Ellis
University of Michigan at Flint


Michael A. Ellis
Kent State University


Eric Engen
American Enterprise Institute


Michael R. Englund
Action Economics, LLC


Stephen J. Entin
Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation


Michael Erickson
Albertson College


Richard E. Ericson
East Carolina University


Fred G. Esposto
Kutztown University


Paul Evans
Ohio State University


Frank Falero
California State University (emeritus)


Allen M. Featherstone
Kansas State University


Martin Feldstein
Harvard University


Paul J. Feldstein
University of California , Irvine


Arthur A. Fleisher, III
Metro State College of Denver


Harold Flint
Montclair State University


Sean Flynn
Vassar College


Fred Foldvary
Santa Clara University


William F. Ford
Middle Tennessee State University


Blair L. Fortner
The Senate Majority Fund ( Missouri )


Micah Frankel
California State University


D. C. Frechtling
George Washington University


Gary L. French
Nathan Associates, Inc.


Milton Friedman
The Hoover Institution


Kenneth C. Froewiss
New York University, Stern School of Business


B. Delworth Gardner
Brigham Young University


Dave Garthoff
University of Akron


Gerald Garvey
Claremont Graduate University


James F, Gatti
University of Vermont


Gregory M. Gelles
University of Missouri — Rolla


Joseph A. Giacalone
St. John's University


Adam Gifford
California State University, Northridge


Otis W. Gilley
Louisiana Tech University


Edward L. Glaeser
Harvard University


Amy Jocelyn Glass
Texas A&M University


Richard F. Gleisner
St. Cloud State University


Charles J. Goetz
University of Virginia


Rodolfo A. Gonzalez
San Jose State University


John C. Goodman
National Center for Policy Analysis


Richard L. Gordon
Pennsylvania State University


Ernie Goss
Creighton University


Scott F. Grannis
Western Asset Management


Bettina Bien Greaves
Foundation for Economic Education


William B. Green
Sam Houston State University


Ken Greene
Binghamton University


John Greenhut
Arizona State University West


Earl L. Grinols, III
Baylor University


Daniel M. Gropper
Auburn University


James Gwartney
Florida State University


Rik Hafer
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville


Dennis Halcoussis
California State University, Northridge


Stephen Happel
Arizona State University


Scott Harrington
University of South Carolina


James E. Hartley
Mount Holyoke College


Kevin Hassett
American Enterprise Institute


Joel W. Hay
University of Southern California


Cary Heath
University of Louisiana at Lafayette


Robert H. Heidt
Indiana University at Bloomington


Dale M. Heien
University of California, Davis


Robert B. Helms
American Enterprise Institute


James W. Henderson
Baylor University


Robert Herren
North Dakota State University


Irving Hoch
University of Texas at Dallas (emeritus)


Harold M. Hochman
Lafayette College (emeritus)


Robert J. Hodrick
Columbia University


Milton L. Holloway
Resource Economics, Inc.


George Horwich
Purdue University (emeritus)


Glenn Hubbard
Columbia University


James L. Huffman
Lewis & Clark Law School


Larry Hunter
Empower America


E. Bruce Hutchinson
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga


Selahattin Imrohoroglu
University of Southern California


Chris Inama
Golden Gate University


F. Jerry Ingram
University of Louisiana-Monroe


F. Owen Irvine
Michigan State University


Steve Jackstadt
University of Alaska — Anchorage


Joseph M. Jadlow
Oklahoma State University


Austin Jaffe
Penn State University


Sherry Jarrell
Wake Forest University


Michael C. Jensen
Harvard Business School


Dennis A. Johnson
University of South Dakota (emeritus)


Clifton T. Jones
Stephen F. Austin State University


Jerry L. Jordan
Fraser Institute


Richard E. Just
University of Maryland


Alexander Katkov
Johnson & Wales University


Raymond J.Keating
Small Business Survival Committee


Kristen Keith
University of Toledo


Calvin A. Kent
Marshall University


B.F. Kiker
University of South Carolina


Robin Klay
Hope College


Paul Koch
Olivet Nazarene University


Meir Kohn
Dartmouth College


James W. Kolari
Texas A&M University


Roger Kormendi
University of Michigan Business School


Melvyn Krauss
Hoover Institution, Stanford University


Robert C. Krol
California State University at Northridge


Randall S. Kroszner
University of Chicago


Michael M. Kurth
McNeese State University


Richard La Near
Missouri Southern State University


Arthur B. Laffer
Laffer Associates


William E. Laird
Florida State University


Deepak Lal
University of California — Los Angeles


Russell Lamb
Economic Consultant, Washington , D.C.


Nicholas A. Lash
Loyola University


Robert A. Lawson
Capital University


Ed Lazear
Stanford University


Don R. Leet
California State University at Fresno


John Leeth
Bentley College


Ken Lehn
University of Pittsburgh


Noreen Lephardt
Marquette University


Adam Lerrick
University of Nebraska — Lincoln


Cotton M. Lindsay
Clemson University


Larry Lindsey
American Enterprise Institute


Allan E. Lines
Ohio State University


Luis Locay
University of Miami


Dennis E. Logue
University of Oklahoma


James R. Lothian
Fordham University


John Lott
American Enterprise Institute


Lawrence W. Lovik
Troy State University


Harold I. Lunde
Bowling Green State University (emeritus)


John Lunn
Hope College


Donald L. Luskin
Trend Macrolytics


Paul W. MacAvoy
Yale University


Glenn MacDonald
Washington University


Doug MacKenzie
Ramapo College of New Jersey


Joseph P. Magaddino
California State University, Long Beach


Burton Malkiel
Princeton University


Yuri N. Maltsev
Carthage College


Henry G. Manne
George Mason University School of Law (emeritus)


Richard Manning
Pfizer, Inc.


Dick Marcus
University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee


Michael L. Marlow
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo


Craig Marxsen
University of Nebraska at Kearney


Scott Masten
University of Michigan


John G. Matsusaka
University of Southern California


Merrill Matthews
Institute for Policy Innovation


Paul W. McCracken
University of Michigan


Rachel McCulloch
Brandeis University


Lawrence J. McQuillan
Pacific Research Institute


Tom Means
San Jose State University


David I. Meiselman
Virginia Tech (emeritus)


Allan Meltzer
Carnegie Mellon University


Lloyd J. Mercer
University of California, Santa Barbara


John Merrifield
University of Texas at San Antonio


Jim Miller
Former Reagan Budget Director


Tracy Miller
Grove City College


David E. Mills
University of Virginia


Mario J. Miranda
Ohio State University


Ronald L. Moomaw
Oklahoma State University


Steve Moore
Club for Growth


John C. Moorhouse
Wake Forest University


Paul Morgan
Westmont College


Michael A. Morrisey
University of Alabama at Birmingham


Andrew P. Morriss
Case Western University


Robert Mundell
Columbia University


Michael Munger
Duke University


John Murray
University of Toledo


Anthony Negbenebor
Gardner-Webb University


Jon P. Nelson
Penn State University


George Neumann
University of Iowa


Seth Norton
Wheaton College


William H. Oakland
Tulane University


Lee E. Ohanian
University of California , Los Angeles


David J. O'Hara
Metropolitan State University


June O'Neill
Baruch College, City University of New York


Lydia Ortega
San Jose State University


Bill Orzechowski
Orzechowski and Walker


Karen Palasek
John Locke Foundation


Randall E. Parker
East Carolina University


E.C. Pasour, Jr.
North Carolina State University


Judd W. Patton
Bellevue University


William Peirce
Case Western Reserve University (emeritus)


Tim Perri
Appalachian State University


Mark J. Perry
University of Michigan — Flint


William H. Peterson
Heritage Foundation


Christopher Pflaum
Spectrum Economics, Inc.


Charles R. Plott
California Institute of Technology


Ivan Pongracic, Jr.
Hillsdale College


Barry Poulson
University of Colorado


Edward C. Prescott
Arizona State University


Jan S. Prybyla
Pennsylvania State University


Richard Rahn
Discovery Institute


John Rapp
University of Dayton


Eric Rasmusen
Indiana University


Martin A. Regalia
United States Chamber of Commerce


Spencer S. Reibman
Georgia State University


Ralph R. Reiland
Robert Morris University


George Reisman
Pepperdine University


Christine P. Ries
Georgia Institute of Technology


Nancy Roberts
Arizona State University


David C. Rose
University of Missouri


Robert J. Rossana
Wayne State University


Timothy Roth
University of Texas at El Paso


Charles K. Rowley
George Mason University


Paul H. Rubin
Emory University


Roy Ruffin
University of Houston


John Ruggiero
University of Dayton


Mark Rush
University of Florida


Gary J. Santoni
Ball State University (emeritus)


Thomas R. Saving
Texas A&M University


Mike Schuyler
Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation


G. William Schwert
University of Rochester


Carole E. Scott
State University of West Georgia


John J. Seater
North Carolina State University


Carlos Seiglie
Rutgers University


Richard T. Selden
University of Virginia


Barry J. Seldon
University of Texas at Dallas


John Semmens
Phoenix College


Jacobus T. Severiens
John Carroll University


Sol S. Shalit
University of Wisconsin


Alan C. Shapiro
University of Southern California


Stephen Shmanske
California State University, Hayward


William F. Shughart II
University of Mississippi


George P. Shulrz
The Hoover Institution, Stanford University


John E. Silvia
Wachovia


Neil T. Skaggs
Illinois State University


Charles Skipton
University of Tampa


Mark Skousen
Columbia University


Amy Smith
The Lindsey Group


Clifford W. Smith
Simon School of Business, University of Rochester


James F. Smith
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Kenneth R. Smith
University of Arizona


Neil Snyder
University of Virginia


Russell Sobel
West Virginia University


David L. Sollars
Washburn University


John C. Soper
John Carroll University


Douglas Southgate
Ohio State University


David E. Spencer
Brigham Young University


Frank Spreng
McKendree College


Beryl Sprinkel
B.W. Sprinkel Economics


Stan Spurlock
Mississippi State University


Ben Stein
Pepperdine University


Craig Stephenson
Babson College


E. Frank Stephenson
Berry College


Courtenay C. Stone
Ball State University


Marc Sumerlin
The Lindsey Group


Daniel A. Sumner
University of California, Davis


Richard Sweeney
Georgetown University


Thomas L. Tacker
University of Central Florida


Robert Tamura
Clemson University


Lester Telser
University of Chicago


Rebecca Thacker
Ohio University


Clifford T. Thies
Shenandoah University


Henry Thompson
Auburn University


Robert Tollison
Clemson University


Leo Troy
Rutgers University


David G. Tuerck
Suffolk University


Gordon Tullock
George Mason University


Charlotte Twight
Boise State University


Charles Upton
Kent State University


T. Norman Van Cott
Ball State University


Richard Vedder
Ohio University


Robert Vigil
Analysis Group, Inc.


J. Antonio Villamil
Former U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs


Kip Viscusi
Harvard University


John Volpe
Trinity College


Richard E. Wagner
George Mason University


William B Walstad
University of Nebraska — Lincoln.


John T. Warner
Clemson University


Thayer Watkins
San Jose State University


Andrew Weinbach
Armstrong Atlantic State University


Michael Welker
Franciscan University of Steubenville


John T. Wenders
University of Idaho


Walter J. Wessels
North Carolina State University


Robert Whaples
Wake Forest University


Gilbert Whitaker
Rice University


John Wicks
University of Montana


Gary W. Williams
Texas A&M University


Michael Williams
University of Denver


Walter E. Williams
George Mason University


Mark Wilson
Appalachian State University


Gary Wolfram
Hillsdale College


Gene C. Wunder
Washburn University


Richard Yamarone
Argus Research Group


DeVan L. Yoho
Ball State University


Andrew Yuengert
Pepperdine University


Paul Zak
Claremont Graduate University


Mokhlis Zaki
Northern Michigan University


Arnold Zellner
University of Chicago


Benjamin Zycher
Pacific Research Institute


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Renee ~~~

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Wed, 10-13-2004 - 8:34pm
Thank you for the informative post!
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Wed, 10-13-2004 - 8:38pm
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Wed, 10-13-2004 - 8:40pm
That's quite an impressive list.
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