Section: Social Studies

52) 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

Former President Lyndon felt that the most important first step in the war against poverty is

1. full employment
2. a sound dollar
3. private and public economics
4. our natural defense
5. efficiency in government