Empower America

American political group

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Forbes

  • Forbes, Steve
    In Steve Forbes

    …of free-market economics, he founded Empower America, a group advocating so-called supply-side policies, including low taxes and deregulation, as the best means of stimulating growth.

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Kemp

  • Kemp addressing the Republican National Convention in San Diego, Calif., August 1996
    In Jack Kemp

    …he continued to work with Empower America, a conservative think tank that he had established with Steve Forbes in 1993; it advocated low taxes and deregulation as a means of stimulating economic growth. In 2005–06 Kemp served as cochair of the Council on Foreign Relations task force on U.S.-Russian relations.…

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Ryan

  • Paul Ryan
    In Paul Ryan

    In 1993 he joined Empower America, a conservative think tank cofounded by Rep. Jack Kemp, as an economic adviser and speechwriter. From 1995 to 1997 Ryan served as legislative director for Rep. Sam Brownback, and during the 1996 presidential campaign he also worked as a speechwriter for Kemp, who…

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