Section: Social Studies

60) The task of economic policy is to create a prosperous America. The unfinished task of prosperous Americans is to build a Great Society. Our accomplishments have been many; these tasks remain unfinished:

to achieve full employment without inflation;
to restore external equilibrium and defend the dollar;
to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of our private and public economies;
to widen the benefits of prosperity;
to improve the quality of American life

-Lyndon B. Johnson

The speech implies that America’s prosperity

is threatened
is at its peak
must be retained
must be broadened
threatened Johnson’s war against poverty

Explanation

President Johnson listed the widening of the benefits of prosperity as one of the tasks that remained unfinished.

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