Tax Cut Due!---President Outlines Plans To Congress Image is dark, hard to see In his State of the Union message to Congress, President Kennedy calls for an eleven million dollar tax cut for individual taxpayers. He wants individual tax rates cut from the present 20% to a 91% to a range of 14% to 65%. He says the recession is behind us. Warns to be cautious about the rift between Red China and the Soviet Union. President Kennedy speaking to Congress (nat sound).