John Kennedy actually said...

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.

Context

Special Message to the Congress on Tax Reduction and Reform.

01/23/1963

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