John F. Kennedy
"There is nothing to fear, but fear itself."
John F. Kennedy was the youngest president to be elected in the United States. We learn that he was able to defeat Richard Nixon and was able to fight for conservative values while being a democrat. We learn that he was able to fight against socialism and communism, have the vision to send a man to space, have the idea of creating health insurance for senior citizens, fight against racial segregation in public places, and described the importance of conservatism.
"A proud and resourceful nation can not ask its older citizens to live in constant fear of a serious illness for which adequate funds are not available. We owe them the right of dignity in sickness as well as in health."
We learn that John F. Kennedy was an individual that was a devout Catholic. We learn that John F. Kennedy had chosen to fight against tyranny in his presidency being able to fight against the socialists and communists. We learn that socialism and communism attempted to stifle and prevent individuals from understanding the importance of practicing responsibility along with autonomy, liberty, and freedom. We know that John F. Kennedy had decided to fight against Cuba and against communism in the 1960s. While John F. Kennedy was fighting against tyranny, he was also fighting against poverty and helped the civil rights movement.
We learn that along with Martin Luther King, strides were made to fight against racism. John F. Kennedy was an individual that had decided to fight for the civil rights movement. We learn that there was racism that was still happening in the 1960s. John F. Kennedy had decided to stand and help individuals fight for their civil rights.
We learn that John F. Kennedy did not have an easy presidency knowing that there was opposition from communism and the Cold War. Yet, John F. Kennedy allowed individuals to know that there is the need to fight for ideals and values. We learn that John F. Kennedy did not falter and kept fighting against communism, poverty, and racism. John F. Kennedy allows us to know that individuals can make a difference being able to embolden the civil rights movement that gave individuals rights to fight against racism and envy that was apparent in the 1960s. We learn that the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s with the efforts of Pope John Paul II, Aleksandr Solsenitsyn, and Ronald Reagan who were individuals that fought against the temporary lies of communism and socialism.
JFK Served in the Military During the Second World War
"Kennedy was hailed as a major naval hero of World War II for rescuing his crew after a Japanese destroyer rammed a PT boat he commanded in the Pacific in 1943."- (page 13)
JFK was able to be a War Hero in the Second World War. When an enemy ship rammed against his crew's ship, JFK saved his crew members. JFK served in the Navy during the Second World War and received a medal for his courage. JFK served in the military during World War II along with his brother, Joseph Kennedy. JFK nearly died in 1954 from a back injury sustained while rescuing his crew yet survived. It was known that JFK had a bad back and Addison's disease and yet was able to survive. JFK survived surgery and kept thriving. Despite his injury, JFK recuperated.
JFK was elected to the House of Representatives for one term, the Senate for two terms, and was a writer who won a Pulitzer for Profiles in Courage. JFK was elected president in the presidential election of 1960 defeating Nixon. JFK was the youngest president of the United States who was elected becoming president at the age of 43. JFK was able to overcome tremendous obstacles including going against a vice president Nixon who was a former FBI agent who appeared to be Protestant (in appearance only obviously), being younger, and being a devout Catholic in a time when Protestants feared that a Catholic president would be more loyal to the pope. (JFK was a true Christian based on his actions and not on his words only. There are true Christian Protestants and true Catholics and fake protestants and fake catholics. There is the need to be skeptical in these times concerning false prophets.)). JFK would convince the Protestants into voting for him over Nixon for being genuine and also caring about his citizens.
JFK Was a Candidate With Idealism and Values
"One evidence of the spreading malaise was the search in 1960 for the national purpose."
"The national purpose eluded all pursuers, but of one thing the people could be sure. Whoever was the Democratic presidental candidate in 1960 would insist on its restoration."- (page 12-13)
"Mailer sensed that Kennedy as hero would have a more profound impact on America than Kennedy as statesmen...Kennedy, Mailer thought, might rescue mass man from the supermarket of contemporary culture by reviving the myth [that is not a myth and actually truth concerning the improvement of individuals who practice integrity instead of being idolatrous materialists/socialists] that every American is potentially extraordinary."
"The election of 1960 became a classic of American political history. It attracted the highest rate of voter participation in half a century about 64 percent."
Norman Mailer wrote an article on Esquire that described that JFK was the ideal Democratic candidate in 1960. Mailer described that Kennedy had certain qualities that made him unique and ideal for the presidency. It was noted in the late 1950s that America was not improving and needed a national purpose [there were 3 recessions in 6 years, the soviets had sent a satellite to space, and it appeared that socialism was expanding to other nations]. Instead of arguing for idolatrous materalism or socialism, Kennedy seemed to be an individual that cared about equality and who was capable of leading the US to keep American idealism and moral values. Kennedy was a Catholic who cared about integrity, equal opportunity, morality, and having a work ethic. Kennedy was unique and would accomplish amazing work as President.
Norman Mailer saw that Kennedy was extraordinary and could lead the US to improvement. Kennedy had described the importance of supporting the Civil Rights Movement and also making legislation to provide jobs and improvement for its citizens. Kennedy wanted to provide legislation that increased the minimum wage of workers, increased the number of jobs since there were recessions, and gave jobs to its citizens so that they could improve. Kennedy also wanted to explore a new frontier in space describing a mission to send a man to the moon. Kennedy also described that he would fight against tyranny, evil, disease, and poverty in his presidency. Kennedy did in fact do all that and even greater by encouraging citizens to never give in to socialism, cowardice, envy, and corruption.
JFK Was Able to Lead in the Polls and Be President in 1960
"Kennedy buried the issue of his alleged inexperience in a single hour on September 25. On invitation from the networks the two candidates met in a Chicago television studio to answer questions from newsmen in the first of four historic debates. Seventy million viewers watched the candidates rehearse their campaign arguments and dispute whether or not the national performance had deteriorated since 1952. Judged by the printed text, the debate was a draw. But on TV image counts more than argument. Grim and confident, Kennedy delivered his message of imminent danger. Nixon smiled nervously and dabbed at the perspiration of his forehead. He looked tired, gaunt, even sickly, the camera detecting the fatigue he felt after a month spent first in the hospital for treatment of a knee infection, then in furious campaigning to make up for lost time. Kennedy's image bested Nixon's image, with the result thereafter few would dispute the claim of the Democrats that their man was a bona-fide contender, heavyweight division."- (page 23)
Despite having setbacks and obstacles, JFK was able to surmount incredible odds to become the president of the United States in the 1960s. In a series of four televised debates, JFK would best Nixon by describing how the United States was not improving. Nixon described that the United States was actually improving because a large mall had been constructed.
"If you think the US has stood still,' Nixon said in Portland, Oregon, 'who built the largest shopping center in the world, the Lloyd Shopping Center right here?'"- (page 22)
It was noted that the United States was in two recessions in the 1950s and prior to the election was in a third recession in less than six years. Nixon countered by casting doubts on Kennedy not being a Protestant. Kennedy was able to address the issue and stated that he believed in the separation of Church and state. Kennedy spoke about how he was for equality and not looking to favor Catholics over Protestants concerning funding for schools. Norman Vincent Peale had made the question concerning having skepticism about favoritism for funding to Catholic schools and institutions if Kennedy was Catholic. Peale backed off and Kennedy gained momentum because individuals including Evangelicals were seeing that he was genuine and egalitarian. Nixon regreted making religion a top issue and decided to not speak about Kennedy's Catholic faith.
Nixon then attempted to get President Eisenhower to ease credit and increase federal spending so that a recession was avoided, and Nixon could boast about an improved economy. Eisenhower would negate the request of Nixon, and Kennedy was able to describe how there was a recession prior to the election. Individuals in multiple states affected by the recession voted for Kennedy along with Evangelicals who saw that Kennedy was sincere.
"When on October 27 the judge released King, the Kennedys got the credit... The Reverand MLK Sr. announced that he had intended to vote for Nixon on religious grounds but would now vote for Kennedy."- (page 25)
It was noted that while Nixon appeared to care about the Civil Rights Movement, he was indifferent and may have been opposition being an FBI agent in the past.
"Though he forthrightly supported equal rights during the campaign, his rhetoric was muted compared to Kennedy's. [Nixon would say of the Civil Rights Movement] The issue was more personal than legal, more moral than governmental."- (page 24)
When MLK was placed in jail in 1959 based on racism, Nixon told officials to say they were working on the case while actually doing nothing. JFK actually got involved, called Mrs. King, who was pregnant, to show solidarity and described that he was going to help, and MLK was able to be released. MLK spoke about how JFK really cared about the Civil Rights Movement and Evangelicals saw that JFK cared about equality and justice consistent with Scripture. Being a Catholic in the 1960s, his actions demonstrated that he was a true Christian and conservative.
MLK Sr. also described how JFK cared about the Civil Rights Movement and true equality. The Reverand stated that he was going to vote for Nixon based on Nixon being a Protestant, but had decided to vote for JFK instead. This caused Evangelicals in different states to vote for JFK instead of Nixon. Catholics also voted for JFK over Nixon in multiple states. African Americans voted for JFK along with Caucasians and won by a 100,000 vote margin in the popular vote and by less than 100 votes in the Electoral College. It was noted that on election night at 7:15 P.M., the news network CBS, stated that Nixon had won the election (even the media had to try to help Nixon.) The next day they stated that it was JFK who actually won the election of 1960.
"As it turned out the election was the closest in history. Kennedy won 49.7 percent of the popular vote to his opponent's 49.5 percent, and his plurality was only 118,550 votes... A total of 303 electoral votes to Nixon's 219."- (page 25-26)
JFK Fought For Medicare
JFK also had the idea of creating medicare for the elderly in 1960. JFK is described being the individual that decided to create Medicare and helped elderly individuals have medical insurance when that did not exist in the past. Medicare was not signed into law until 1965. Medicare was actually a good program that helped elderly patients to pay for their own medical expenses. Medicare served as a type of insurance for individuals that were 65 years of age and older. The Medicare insurance was able to pay for medical care and also prescriptions. This describes how JFK actually cared for his country and was an amazing individual. JFK had genuine empathy for others.
It is probable that the socialists envied JFK for also having the idea of providing medical insurance coverage for the elderly in the 1960s. Socialists probably attempted to affect Medicare negatively by causing increased medical costs and speaking negatively of Medicare. There are history books that say that Medicare was not needed and negative because it caused increased costs of medical care and medication. Medicare insurance by itself was actually a good idea and alleviated the costs of medical care of the working class elderly citizens in the 1960s. The socialists saw that Medicare insurance resulted in popularity for the Democrats and decided to artificially inflate the costs of medical care. This was to cause an increase of medical care costs that resulted in increased Medicare costs. This was done by socialists to make individuals believe that Medicare was not a good idea, not cost effective, and led to increased spending on healthcare. All of this was with the intention to decrease the popularity of the Democrats in the 1960s due to JFK's presidency. Medicare was actually good for the working class. The stingy and greedy socialists did not like how the new medical insurance would help pay for medical care of the working class based on tax payer funded resources based on Democracy and also caused individuals to vote Democrat. Socialist marxists took to artificially inflate medical prices in the 1960s and 1970s and lie about how Medicare caused increased spending. This was to criticize JFK and also good legislation. Medicare helped citizens pay for their medical costs and prescribed medication and only stingy and greedy socialists would take issue with grandparents and grandmothers having help pay for their medical costs through tax payer funded Medicare. There was also the issue that JFK was the individual with the idea for Medicare.
"Medicare not only increased the cost of medicine for society as a whole; it provided far fewer financial benefits for most recipients than was commonly believed. For that small minority of old people who had long periods of hospitalizations and small savings, Medicare was everything it was cracked up to be. But the average aged person was little better off. True, he paid only 29 percent of his medical bills directly out of pocket in 1975, compared to 53 percent before Medicare; but his total bill was also much higher. The average beneficiary spent $237 out of pocket in the year before Medicare and $390 ten years later- in constant dollars almost exactly the same."- (page 229)
In the Unraveling of America it is described that Medicare was negative instead of positive. We learn that Medicare actually helped the working class pay for their medical care. Socialists probably did not like that the working class had help paying for their medical care (even when the individuals were elderly. Socialists are envious.) It was noted that individuals paid less out of pocket with Medicare than before Medicare. (Hospital admissions were also completely covered.) That is already a positive. The medical bill was higher because the price of medical care was being inflated by socialists yet people paid less out of pocket. This means Medicare actually helped pay for medical care, and elderly patients paid less out of their own money. Medicare by itself did not inflate prices. It was socialism that inflated prices.
"Hospital prices, which had risen 7 percent in the year before Medicare, jumped by 14 percent in the year after and continued to rise, on the average, 14 percent annually over the next decade. Physicians's fees rose 7 percent a year."-
(page 229)
"The new programs, after all, imposed no cost controls and did not alter the way hospitals and doctors ordinarily conducted their business."- (page 229)
According to socialists, Medicare was the reason why medical costs increased in the 1960s. I think that the reason that medical costs increased was because the medical industry increased prices in the 1960s since they saw that tax payers were paying for medical costs. Since Medicare was paying for elderly patient's healthcare costs, hospitals and physicians increased their fees. There was price inflation of 14 percent in hospital prices after Medicare while hospital fees were still increasing 7 percent prior to Medicare. Hospital prices kept increasing 14 percent every year throughout the decade describing how hospital prices were increasing every year. This means that even without Medicare there was price inflation in hospital prices. Hospitals and physicians probably increased prices seeing how the goverment was paying for Medicare recipients and there was no self regulation or price control. Monopoly "capitalists are socialists and blamed rising healthcare costs on patients choosing more expensive treatments when medical prices were already increasing prior to Medicare. Socialists called Medicare socialism because they are greedy and stingy. (Also physicians that took Medicaid were looked down upon and scorned by socialist physicians.) When it benefits the working class citizens it is "socialism" but when monopoly "capitalists" are benefitted through handouts it is "capitalism" and "stimulating the economy" seen in the banking collapse of 2008-2009.
Socialists stated that the increased cost of health care was because patients were choosing the most expensive care with Medicare yet may not explain the rising costs of healthcare. Also patients can not be blamed for using Medicare to pay for their medical costs for the rising inflation of medical pricing. Socialists probably described that patients were the reason for price inflation yet it may have been hospitals and physician fees that actually caused price increases in medical care in the 1960s. This is similar to how Medicare helped pay for prescriptions and the pharmaceutical companies caused physicians to prescribe brand name medication. Medicare helped pay for newer, more expensive, brand name medication when generics may have been better in the 2000s. Pharmaceutical companies also increased prices of medications which may have led to increased Medicare spending. (There were bad brand name medications that caused adverse health effects also causing Medicare costs.)
Socialist Doctors Opposed Medicare in 1965
"The law therefore, provided that hospitals would be reimbursed for their reasonable costs and physicians for customary fees. As it turned out, this formula not only guaranteed that the medical profession could continue as before; it guaranteed galloping medical price inflation as well."- (page 228)
Socialist doctors opposed Medicare citing that the government was going to dictate and impose the manner that doctors practiced medicine. This was probably with the intention to prevent Medicare from being signed into law. Despite the American Medical Association paying twenty three lobbyists the amount of $5,000 a day in 1965 to prevent Medicare from passing into law, Medicare was able to be enacted. Medicare did not look to dictate to doctors how to practice and instead only looked to pay for patient's medical care. Physicians were able to practice medicine similar to how they practiced before 1965, yet the government would help pay patient's medical care. Socialists probably used fear mongering to prevent Medicare from passing into law. Despite opposition, Medicare became law in 1965.
Monopoly "capitalists" probably did not want Democrats gaining popularity based on the Civil Rights Movement and also Medicare and Medicaid laws. The socialists probably decided to increase hospital and physician fees and blame Medicare for the price inflation of medical costs. This was to make Medicare seem like wasteful legislation while it was great legislation that helped the working class especially elders. Doctors did not have to change the manner that they practiced and the government helped pay for medical care. Socialists did not want Democrats to get credit for Medicare being a good law and lied about how it was causing increased health care spending. It was actually hospitals and physicians that increased the price of medical care after Medicare went into effect after not being able to prevent Medicare from going into law. Socialists also criticized how Medicare and Medicaid was not that good either although it led to decreased mortality rates from major diseases in adults and infants. Socialists had to attack Medicare because JFK was the individual with the idea of Medicare and then blamed Medicare for medical cost inflation that was caused by socialists. Socialist economists even lied and said that Medicare and Medicaid did not decrease mortality rates. So economists lied to prevent individuals from seeing how Medicare was great legislation. This may have been to decrease the popularity of Johnson along with the Vietnam War and marxists rioting.
"After 1965 death rates resulting from the major diseases dropped sharply, and so did infant mortality rates. Friends of these programs hailed these trends as evidence that increased utilization of medical services by the poor and the aged paid off. Skeptics had their doubts."
"[Lying economist] There is no evidence that Medicare has had a significant effect on the mortality rate of the aged."-(page 231)
Medicaid also was hated by socialist doctors. Medicaid was hated by socialist doctors because the government helped pay for the medical care of individuals with blindness and physicial discapacity. There were socialist doctors who disdained other doctors who accepted Medicaid and worked with patients of modest means in 1965. Humble and ethical doctors who accepted Medicaid and worked with patients of modest means were disdained. (There were also socialist doctors in the early 1970s who misused Medicaid and ordered unnecessary tests, meds, and treatments in order to make money unethically.
"Medicaid was an appendage of the welfare, not the social security system. States electing to participate would receive matching grants from the federal government to pay medical bills for two classes of citizens-welfare recipients and the medically indigent. Medically indigent persons were those in certain categories (the blind, the disabled, the aged, or children in single-parent families), who were ineligible for welfare but could not afford to pay for Medicare."- (page 230)
"For one thing, Medicaid did not buy a better brand of service than charity medicine had dispensed. The typical doctor shunned Medicaid patients not only from considerations of status and paperwork, but also from income- state governments usually setting fees far below customary charges. In New York City only an estimated 8 percent of the city's 12,000 doctors, often the least capable, accepted Medicaid patients."
While there were doctors that gave free medical care it was not the majority. Few doctors gave charity medicine and a large majority worked in hospitals and clinics. Medicaid actually helped pay for the medical care of individuals who could not pay for their medical care. Socialists stated that Medicaid did not provide better medicine than charity clinics since charity clinics were free yet Medicaid allowed for more doctors to help individuals who could not afford medical care. Medicaid actually did help individuals obtain good health care since doctors who passed residency in 1965 had certifications that allowed them to practice medicine. Doctors who accepted Medicaid were probably great physicians who did not care about decreased fees and actually looked to help the needy. They were probably envied and looked down upon for not caring about money and instead cared about their patients.
There is the statistic that one out of ten physicians from New York City in 1965 accepted Medicaid payments. They were probably looked down upon and probably seen with envy for deciding to give great medical care despite reduced fees. There were ethical physicians who cared about helping the needy and individuals with physical discapacities. I doubt that the doctors who accepted Medicaid were the "least capable". It is probable that they were seen with disdain for their empathy and because they decided to care about the needy. Socialist doctors attempted to prevent Medicare from passing into law in 1965 and then also spoke negativity about great physicians. It is noted that Medicare and Medicaid actually decreased mortality rates of the aged and infants after passing into law. Socialist doctors said that Medicare and Medicaid were a "financing mechanism" for "inadequate" medical care. First they said that Medicare would change the manner that medicine was practiced and then when that did not happen, they said that it was a "financing mechanism" that paid for medical care by "marginal practitioners" even though it was described as a program to pay for medical care since before 1965 and doctors who accepted Medicare and Medicaid were probably great physicians. Medicare and Medicaid did pay for medical services that did not exist in the past for the elderly and individuals with physical discapacities and caused for decreased mortality rates after passing into law.
"Medicaid has degenerated into a merely financing mechanism for the existing system of welfare medicine which is not adequate and must be changed... It perpetuates... the very costly, highly inefficient, inhuman, and undignified means tests in the stale atmosphere of charity medicine carried out in many instances by marginal practitioners in marginal facilities." [Negativity against Medicaid Doctors and Facilities for caring about the needy. Definitely a socialist physician in the late 1960s, Dr. John Knowles]
In 1974, Medicaid Was Being Misutilized by Socialist Doctors
"Medical entrepreneurs, often in so-called Medicare mills, bilked the government by dispensing unnecessary services or charging for nonexistent services, abuses that cost the state of New York an estimated $250 million annually."- (page 231)
In 1974, socialists were misutilizing Medicaid through fraud and by charging for nonexistent services. While socialist doctors attempted to prevent Medicare-Medicaid from passing into law in 1965, in the 1970s, the socialists decided that Medicaid could be misused. Socialists first took to prevent the passing of Medicaid, then slandered and attacked Medicaid accepting physicians for providing great medical care to the needy and individuals with physical discapacities, and finally decided to misuse Medicaid by charging for services that were not provided or charging for unneeded services. Socialists decided to misutilize Medicaid and costed states unnecessary medical spending. Socialists were probably envious that individuals with need were obtaining great medical care and decided to misutilize resources.
In the state of New York, the cost of $250 million was misutilized by unnecessary spending on unneeded services or because charges were made on nonexistent services. That was only in one state. We learn that this describes how socialists envy amazing legislation (Medicare-Medicaid), opposed amazing legislation, and also misutilized resources from amazing legislation that would be better used helping the needy. This was in the 1970s under President Nixon. Also socialist marxists stated in the 1960s that democracy and good legislation are not important. This is because Democracy calls on individuals to be responsible and also ethical. Marxist socialists hate others and do not have genuine empathy. The price inflation of medical care was blamed on Medicare when it was socialists who increased the fees of medical care in 1965 after Medicare went into effect. This was to prevent Democrats from increasing in popularity because of good legislation that fought racism and also provided needed services to the elderly and individuals with physical discapacities. We learn that the Vietnam war also happened in 1965 and marxist riots occurred. This was to decrease the popularity of Democrats. All of the negativity was from marxist socialists who envied Democracy. We can persevere without believing the temporary lies of socialists.
"But, ironically, medical price inflation fueled by Medicare itself helped erode much of Medicare's benefits."- (page 230)
JFK Increased the Minimum Wage of Workers and Allowed African Americans and Minorities to Have Jobs
"The president elect determined to give legislative priority in the coming session to five "must" welfare bills: increased minimum wages, aid to depressed areas, housing legislation, federal assistance to public schools, and hospital insurance for the aged."- (page 97)
"Kennedy's proposal to raise the minimum wage from $1 to $1.25 over three years and extend coverage to four million new workers."- (page 98)
JFK was not only fighting against racism from socialists in the 1960s, but he was also fighting against poverty. JFK made a law to employ African Americans and minorities and also increased the minimum wage to $1.25 from $1. This was when laundry workers were making $0.65 in a 48 hour work week. JFK was told to remove laundry workers from the bill or have the legislation removed. JFK had opposition from business people and yet proceeded to increase the minimum wage while removing laundry workers. JFK was opposed by big business due to his stance to fight poverty. JFK had a large amount of opposition not only in fighting poverty, communism in Cuba, going to space, but also while fighting for civil rights. Despite the opposition, JFK was unique and distinct choosing to fight for the working class. MLK was also fighting for improved wages for the working class. JFK also fought for desegregation in the housing market and also for health insurance for senior citizens and the aged.
"Its report on November 1963 buried the information that after two years African American employment in the middle grades had risen 4.9% to only 6%, and in upper grades 0.7% to 1 percent."- (page 64)
JFK attempted to increase the number of African Americans and minorities working in the government and the private sector in the 1960s. JFK made Lyndon Baines Johnson the organizer of the committee and yet there was still opposition. In regards to work in the government it was noted that middle grade paying positions had increased 1.1% yet for high grade positions it only increased 0.3%. This describes that there was still opposition to African Americans and minorities improving themselves in better paying jobs.
While JFK was fighting against segregation attempting to help employ African Americans in government jobs, there was opposition. JFK had attempted to increase the number of African Americans working in governmental jobs and also in the private industry. The committee created by JFK and led by Lyndon Baynes Johnson also led to a slight increase of African American employment of 5.0 to 5.1 percent from May 1961 to January 1963. White collar job employment increased only from 1.5 percent to 1.6 percent. There were questions concerning how the committee created by JFK and led by Johnson had resulted in such results. JFK wanted to eliminate job discrimination in the civil service and also with private businesses that had government contracts. The intention was to cause private businesses with government contracts to employ African Americans and end segregation in employment in the 1960s. Businesses that were still discriminating based on race and ethnicity would be terminated from having government contracts. It was noted that Johnson never terminated a contract while being in the committee.
Instead Johnson decided to allow businesses to make a pledge of voluntary disclosure that would then lead to reduce discrimination. The agreement was called "Plans for Progress" yet it did not accomplish that. While 115 businesses were a part of such agreement, there were no contract cancellations and individuals saw through the lies. Instead of leading to more jobs for African Americans based on the cancellation of government contracts to said businesses, there was no manner of knowing if businesses were actually complying because no contracts were cancelled and there was no voluntary information from businesses describing if there was discrimination or not. RFK found that there were discrepancies in "Plans for Progress", informed JFK, and talked with Johnson about the dismal performance of the committee. Johnson decided to not enforce his authority in the committee and allowed businesses to keep being contracted without canceling contracts based on racial discrimination. JFK had opposition from different individuals and also at different times. Despite the opposition, JFK kept fighting for justice and equality in the work place.
JFK Created Jobs in the United States in Regions That Had Bad Economies
JFK not only fought against poverty in the United States by raising the minimum wage but also created jobs. JFK created a committee to create jobs in areas that had been affected by negative economies. There were economies that were stagnated, and JFK created close to more than 34,000 jobs (JFK would create additional jobs training and employing workers who were displaced due to automation from assembly line machines creating 600,000 jobs). JFK wanted to add jobs to areas that did not have a stable economy in the Great Lakes, Alaska and Appalachia. JFK was able to create jobs in various areas and was slandered by bureaucrats who said that it was only half of those jobs that were actually created. While fighting racism and poverty, there were still bureaucrats who slandered JFK saying that he only created half the number of jobs reported.
JFK created the committee to create jobs in different regions including regions that were affected from depleted natural resources described in coal mining and fishing. Despite actually creating more than 34,000 jobs the committee did not receive funding, was disbanded, and removed in 1963. In 1965, a bureaucrat committee was created that did exactly the same attempting to create jobs in regions with stagnated economies. While citing JFK's committee a failure and disbanding the committee, bureaucrats in 1965 copied his committee.
JFK Wanted to Go to Space in 1960
"Why the moon? Why does Rice play Texas?"
JFK wanted to go to the moon in 1960. JFK wanted to inspire younger generations to know that the United States had talent and inspiration to go to space and discover a new frontier. JFK wanted to send a man to the moon while fighting poverty, racism, and socialism. JFK actually attempted to send a man to the moon, and again he was opposed by bureaucrats. I do not know all the details but there were bureaucrats that prevented JFK from sending a man to the moon.
After denying JFK a space mission to send an astronaut to the moon, it was noted that in 1969 an astronaut was sent to the moon. There are theories that state that the US went to the moon in 1969, and there are also theories that state that the US did not go to the moon in 1969. Regardless of if a man went to the moon or not, it was JFK who took initiative in the year 1960. The Soviets had sent a satellite to space in the 1950s, but had not sent a man to the moon. Socialist bureaucrats in the US may have impeded JFK's efforts out of envy. JFK was quite impressive.
Opposition to JFK and the Service Corps
"In 1963, President Kennedy's bill to create a National Service Corps died in the House."
JFK and RFK attempted to create a Service Corps similar to the Peace Corps to function in the United States. The Service Corps would work with individuals with modest resources to help them improve their conditions. Individuals would be heard concerning their concerns and manners to improve their communities. Local projects would help individuals have work and also benefit their communities.
"Volunteers would work on projects conceived by local people and leave behind men and women capable of carrying on by themselves."
The Service Corps was an amazing idea not implemented and was not passed by Congress in 1963. The working class would have been benefitted along with communities in different states and cities. The Service Corps would have been the equivalent of the Peace Corps for the US on a national scale. Individuals would have been been benefitted and the program was not approved showing an obvious bias against JFK.
JFK Created the Peace Corps
"There is not enough money in all America to relieve the misery of the underdeveloped world in a giant and endless soup kitchen. But there is enough know-how and knowledgeable people to help those people help themselves."
"Kennedy as idealist, summoning America to alleviate world suffering through the Peace Corps or to conquer space for the good of mankind."- (page 31)
JFK created the Peace Corps in order for individuals in the US to share their knowledge and skill set with individuals in other countries. US Peace Corps volunteers were sent to Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia to help individuals learn English and acquire a positive skill set. Peace Corps volunteers helped individuals improve describing the importance of genuine empathy and caring about others in the 1960s. Kennedy described that while resources were limited, the US was able to help individuals improve by sharing their skill set with others. JFK described that the US was a benevolent nation that was not tyrannical like the socialists.
In the first year of the service program, 900 volunteers out of college were sent to developing countries. There the Peace Corps volunteers taught English, established fishery programs, and trained health workers. The Peace Corps grew by 1968 to include 15,000 workers in 50 different countries (Reader's Digest America A to Z page 271). Individuals have volunteered in order to share their skills with individuals from other countries and learn from the service they provide. This describes the importance of caring about others and how there is no need for enmity, hate, and war.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet Union began to be hostile to the US after the Second World War and increased hostilities in the 1960s. After Stalin was no longer Soviet leader, the Soviet socialists placed nuclear warhead missiles in Cuba aimed at the United States. Once JFK was notified, JFK organized the FBI to fight against Cuba. The operation was known as the Bay of Pigs invasion that looked to remove the missiles. JFK looked to remove the missiles from being a threat, yet did not have the full cooperation of the FBI.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was described as a failure and blamed on JFK's young age and supposed inexperience. The reality was that the FBI also decided to stand down and not fight against the socialists in Cuba. Similar to the times JFK had to use the marshals and national guard instead of the FBI against racist socialists when fighting for civil rights, the FBI had decided to stand down against socialism in Cuba. Despite being blamed for the Bay of Pigs invasion, JFK kept fighting tyranny and never gave up. While being opposed by bureaucrats at different times concerning legislation, fighting poverty, fighting racism, fighting communism, and even getting the FBI to fight organized crime (prior to going after organized crime the FBI only went after bootlegged movies and clandestine boxing fights), JFK did not falter. JFK was appreciated by the working class but despised by envious socialist bureaucrats.
JFK Fought Against Segregation
"There seemed no escape from crisis in the spring of 1963. George Wallace had won election as governor of Alabama the previous year, vowing to defend segregation by standing "in the schoolhouse door". When two African American students arrived on the University of Alabama campus on June 11 with a federal court order requiring their admittance, there he stood, blocking the entrance. He yielded to superior force later in the day after the president nationalized the Alabama national guard."- (page 89)
The civil rights movement was opposed by racist socialists who did not want African Americans and minorities to obtain basic rights guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights. We learn that African Americans and minorities were seen as individuals who were not supposed to receive an education being kept semiliterate so that they would remain working in jobs where pay was cheap in labor fields and also not work at white collar jobs. JFK fought against segregation and racism in the United States allowing students to go to university when racist governors attempted to prevent them from entering into the classroom. JFK allowed a student in Mississippi to be enrolled and attend classes when the racist governor attempted to place obstacles and opposition based on envy and hate. Idolatrous socialists are envious and racist regardless of what race or ethnicity they are (there are racist idolators/socialists that are White, African American, Asian, and Latin American including Mexican American. This is because they practice idolatry and not because of the race and ethnicity. There are also righteous individuals from all races and ethnicities.) JFK mobilized the marshals and army to allow the student to go to school. The student was able to go to school and attain a university education.
"On June 19, 1963, Kennedy sent Congress a civil rights bill embodying most of the movement's urgent demands. The best efforts of the Justice Department having failed to enfranchise African Americans in the Deep South, Kennedy's bill further strengthened voting rights laws. African Americans in Birmingham had marched by the thousands to petition for equal treatment in public places; the president's bill outlawed discrimination in such places of public accomodation as hotels, motels, movie theaters, sports arenas, retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, and lunch counters."
In another instance, the governor from Alabama attempted to prevent two African American students from going to school. JFK again sent the Alabama national guard, and the students were able to go to school. JFK decided to stand with the civil rights movement instead of being a part of racism and envy.
"Kennedy informed the nation of the legislation he intended to send to Congress, called upon individuals to fight race prejudice in their homes and communities, and asked for help in making equality of opportunity a reality for African Americans. The President, noted the New York Times, delivered his speech with unaccustomed fervor. Later that same night, a [racist socialist] white sniper shot and killed Medgar Evers, leader of the Mississippi NAACP, in Jackson."- (page 90)
JFK would be able to make a bill that desegregated public places while also fighting against segregation in the universities. It was noted that JFK had won eleven million Republican voters from Nixon and only lost six and a half million Democrats of which four million Democrats left because of his civil rights stance. JFK was going to win the 1964 presidential re-election (page 93). JFK began to tour Texas to prepare to campaign for re-election in 1963. Matusow's book, the Unraveling of America, described that JFK was opposed at different times yet kept fighting injustice. Matusow described the turbulence of the 1960s and opposition that existed against the Civil Rights Movement. JFK did not back down and kept fighting seeking re-election for 1964.
"But 63 percent of the American people backed his civil rights bill and 60 percent continued to approve his conduct of the presidency."- (page 63)
The Assassination of JFK
JFK was assassinated because he was going to win the 1964 re-election while fighting poverty, corruption, socialism, racism, and wanting to go to space. It was noted by pollsters that JFK was going to win re-election in 1964 after passing his Equal Opportunity in Employment Law that also ended segregation. JFK was able to lead the United States by choosing to fight racism. JFK was a devout Catholic who was righteous and fought against tyranny and evil. While probably being intimidated by Hoover and his FBI associates, JFK was able to lead the country far from racism into desegregation, justice, and equality. JFK decided to fight against evil despite the intimidation and envy.
JFK was going to visit Texas in a motorcade when he was shot by an idolatrous socialist using a sniper rifle. JFK was told days before, that there may be threats against him, and JFK did not fear. JFK was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald who was a known socialist. A day after Lee Harvey Oswald had killed JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald was also shot and killed by Jack Ruby describing how socialism does not help anyone. Instead of being given a vacation or a reward, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by, most likely, another idolatrous socialist. This was to prevent Lee Harvey Oswald from speaking the truth and telling others who sent him to murder JFK. JFK probably had a lot of enemies since he chose to be distinct and different by fighting for civil rights instead of standing down. JFK similar to MLK may have been hated and envied by Hoover, Sullivan, and the FBI, socialists, communists, idolators, monopoly "capitalists", and racists who opposed the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Racism was business as usual for the socialists also seen in the Soviet Union where a caste system benefits the few at the expense of the majority. JFK gave us hope to know that despite opposition, being righteous is preferred. The civil rights movement would be a success and the Soviet Union would collapse in the 1990s with Reagen, Pope John Paul II, and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn speaking truth and fighting for righteousness. (Despite the times that we live, we can keep persevering obeying the commandments of Moses and preaching King Jesus Christ. We can persevere preaching truth and not believe the temporary lies of the snake that wants individuals to fight with each other over ethnicity, social class, age, gender, and even over sports teams.)
