Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cannot go back to its 18th century maxim: "That government is best which governs least." A highly interdependent nation needs a great central government to cope with problems that affect all citizens and states. But equally obvious, Washington needs a new tactic: it must encourage Americans to do for themselves what they could do if they tried to. This idea has often been used as a sort of shorthand for the callous notion that all public assistance is a coddling waste; it does not mean that in the present context. What is at stake now is the freeing...
...thousands whom private industry cannot possibly take, however, the Government should offer refuge as "the employer of last resort," a concept long espoused by Nixon's urban adviser, Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Many thousands could be usefully employed as, among other things, teacher aides and police auxiliaries. Wages could run about $4,000 a year, with another $1,000 for training. Though it is impossible to say how many people would want or need this program, the Government could at least test the response this year by offering 150,000 jobs. Cost: $750 million, a part of which would be offset...
...they prove insufficient, it ought to ask Congress for even tougher measures. It must also act swiftly to preserve scenic areas, waterfronts and unspoiled islands. Fortunately, the country still has many deserving areas. It might also help local governments fund more parks near cities, and if they still cannot afford the land, the Government might step in with suburban national parks...
...long run, however, the U.S. probably cannot effectively meet its domestic responsibilities unless it can reduce the vast military budget, which accounts for 43 ? of all, every for in federal foreign dollar policy spent. the This is the Government's most actions difficult - and expenses - are in large measure dependent on the actions of others. The security of the U.S. must obviously take precedence over all other considerations. However, there is room for debate about what is essential to U.S. security...
...that could easily absorb the anticipated dividend from the end of the Viet Nam war. But to raise taxes in the interim might well impede the growth of the economy, on which the maintenance of prosperity depends, and with it the hope of improving American society. The President probably cannot lower military expenditures to the pre-Viet Nam figure of 1964 ($62.1 billion in 1969 prices), but such reductions as he can make will increase his fiscal dividend, his power to spend more on domestic needs or to lower taxes. Any substantial move in this direction would require determined leadership...