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Citing the lack of any "single overwhelming crisis" facing the nation, he presented a modest vision of Government's role in relatively tranquil times that may be more in keeping with what the people want than his increasingly outspoken critics realize. But whether the speech could achieve its main aim of building confidence in his ability to manage the U.S. economy remained open to question...
...main theme, Carter's address went far beyond his Inauguration-speech views on the limited capability of even a President to instill a new spirit in the nation. He broadened that philosophy this time, declaring: "Government cannot solve our problems. It can't set our goals. It cannot define our vision. Government cannot eliminate poverty or provide a bountiful economy or reduce inflation, or save our cities or cure illiteracy or provide energy . . . We simply cannot be the managers of everything and everybody...
More important, businessmen from Wall Street boardrooms to Main Street hardware shops have developed a set conviction that the Administration is unwilling, or perhaps unable, to craft any consistent, coherent economic strategy. That mood of mistrust is dangerous, not just to Carter but to the nation. As the White House now clearly recognizes, consumer spending has done about all it can to prolong the U.S. economic expansion; continued growth in the next two or three years will depend largely on business spending for new factories, new machines and, ultimately, new jobs...
Estey said the main difference between the short and long programs is that the long program allows more freedom in executing moves...
Besides, the main reason for even bothering to pass the Controlled Substances Act in the first place was to keep drugs out of the hand of those who might abuse them. This goal has obviously not been met: over twenty million Americans have tried marijuana, and thirteen million use it regularly. It is not likely that legalizing marijuana as a prescription drug would result in any significant increase in use among non-patients; those who want it now do not have much trouble obtaining...