John F. Kennedy's New Frontier had great achievements if
you are a liberal. If you are a conservative, however, the things that Kennedy did with
this program do not seem like achievements. This is because the major achievement of
the New Frontier was to increase the levels government services and benefits that were
given to Americans.
For example, the New Frontier programs
did such things as expanding the food stamps program and providing more in the way of
Social Security benefits. The New Frontier increased the minimum wage and expanded it
so that it applied to more workers. It also expanded unemployment benefits. Finally
(in something that is a big political issue today) Kennedy gave federal employees the
right to bargain collectively.
To liberals, these are great
accomplishments because they increased the levels of what could be called social justice
in the US. To conservatives, these were not so great because they simply increased the
degree to which the government interefered with the economy.
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