Kennedy requests $13.5 billion in tax cuts in State of the Union message 50 years ago this hour (1963)

1960s, U.S. Presidents


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(Monday, January 14, 1963, 12:30 p.m. EST) — In a State of the Union message notable for its tone of confidence in the nation’s domestic and foreign prospects, U.S. President John F. Kennedy called today for a three-year program of tax reduction totaling $13.5 billion.


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