JFK was a budget hawk who cut taxes based on supply-side theory. Obama and Hillary have already rejected tax cuts, with Obama proudly stating he voted against them.
Gotta give credit where credit is due. JFK called for tax cuts to help blunt the effects of the 1960-61 recession. But they weren’t passed into law until 1964. In fact most of what JFK called for didn’t become law until after his death. This included his proposal for government sponsored health care (Medicare) for seniors and the elderly poor (Medicad). This came right from Truman’s Fair Deal policy agenda, an extention of FDR`s New Deal.
In his 3/12 years in office, JFK cut defense spending, increased the welfare state budget and expanded the federal government as a percentage of GDP.
In 1961 almost all Democrats were less liberal then they are today. Even fat Teddy Kennedy once opposed abortion. OTOH. Its been rumored that JFK forced his “girlfriends” who he got pregnant to get abortions. And JFK and fat Teddy worked hand in hand on the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. Another liberal immigration reform proposal.
Sorry. JFK was a liberal in 1961 and would have been no better than his brothers had he lived. Remember how Robert Kennedy became a hardcore liberal by 1968 -— an early McGovern-type liberal. JFK would have supported most of the Democratic Party’s liberal policy agenda of the last 45 years.