Nation: What the Government can do

The new Administration's opportunity comes, in large measure, from a buoyant economy. Without the economic advances of the past eight years, it would not have the means to even begin the job that must be done domestically. One of its most important functions, therefore, is to maintain prosperity through fiscal and monetary policy. A sound and expanding economy is more important than any single federal program in combatting poverty and many other social ills. Beyond that, how should the Federal Government direct its huge (but not unlimited)...

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