Older Americans: Had JFK lived, where do you think his presidency would have led the states?

Older Americans: Had JFK lived, where do you think his presidency would have led the states?
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We may have avoided such a large involvement in Vietnam. We may have avoided becoming a debtor nation. Our system of social welfare programs may have been implemented differently, bringing us more in line with the Social Democracies of western Europe rather than the very expensive, inefficient patchwork we have today, especially in the realm of national health insurance, Medicaid and Medicare.
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