Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Battle Creek, MI
10/13/1960
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The level of our economy, as I pointed out today, is high but, considering all the resources which this country has, it should be higher.
We have therefore been obliged to recover not only from the recession of 1960-61, but also from the recession of 1958.
I think we can be proud also of balancing our international payments-at least the progress that we have made--but we still have some distanc...
Inflation, which is the archenemy of consumers and housewives, has not wiped out these gains.