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On the recordJanuary 23, 1963
The most urgent task facing our Nation at home today is to end the tragic waste of unemployment and unused resources--to step up the growth and vigor of our national economy--to increase job and investment opportunities--to improve our productivity-and thereby to strengthen our nation's ability to meet its world-wide commitments for the defense and growth of freedom.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on Tax Reduction and Reform.

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