What all the candidates are missing
While running for president in 1960, John F. Kennedy campaigned against the moderate growth economy
(2.5% annual GDP rise) in the last years of the Eisenhower administration. He appealed to Americans’ highest aspirations by saying in his typical Boston drawl: “We can do bettah.” JFK promised 4% and 5% rates of annual economic progress for the nation — and he delivered.
Those were the days.
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