Newsweek's Disrespectul Treatment of 'Amateur Econo-Cultist' Jack Kemp

Two days after the death of G.O.P. icon Jack Kemp, Newsweek Senior Editor Michael Hirsh posted a classless obituary on Monday, "The Dangers of Amateurism," calling the football player, politician, and self-taught economist Kemp an "amateur econo-cultist."

For the record, Reagan's "drastic tax cuts" of 1981 based on Kemp's model, resulted in tax revenues continuing to rise throughout the Reagan years, despite the reduction in tax rates.

And speaking of amateurism -- what are Al Gore's environmental science credentials again?

Hirsh concluded his Kemp tribute by portraying today's "economic disaster" as the most enduring part of Kemp's legacy.

Classy.

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