Bush Courts Supply-Side Economists

Jeb Bush convened an hour-long gathering in Manhattan with three longtime advocates for sweeping tax cuts, seeking their counsel and sharing the details of his campaign’s economic plan, which will be formally unveiled tomorrow, the Washington Post reports.

“The trio of supply-side conservatives — Heritage Foundation economist Stephen Moore, publishing executive Steve Forbes and CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow — met with Bush alongside Johnson, Bush’s national finance chairman… Those Republicans, who requested anonymity to discuss the private session and the Bush campaign’s outlook, said the former Florida governor hopes his tax offering will jumpstart his candidacy, which has lagged behind GOP front-runner Donald Trump for months, by proposing lower corporate tax rates while also eliminating a number of deductions that favor Wall Street investors.”