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==Domestic policy==
==Domestic policy==
As senator, JFK had shown limited interest in domestic affairs apart from labor union corruption. Working with his high-powered economic advisors he proposed a Keynesian program to stimulate the economy, not by higher spending but by tax cuts. No matter: most all of his domestic policy initiatives went anywhere. Congress was effectively controlled by a conservative coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats. Kennedy authorized the de-segregation of federal housing. He later proposed a [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|civil rights bill]], which passed after his death. He boosted the NASA space program and pledged to put a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. Likewise he proposed tax cuts, all which occurred after his death.
As senator, JFK had shown limited interest in domestic affairs apart from labor union corruption. Working with his high-powered economic advisors he proposed a Keynesian program to stimulate the economy, not by higher spending but by tax cuts. At the time, Congress was effectively controlled by a conservative coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats. Kennedy authorized the de-segregation of federal housing. He later proposed a [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|civil rights bill]], which passed after his death. He boosted the NASA space program and pledged to put a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. Likewise he proposed tax cuts, all which occurred after his death.
A new issue that Kennedy had not anticipated blazed into view as the [[civil rights movement]] in the South, led by [[Martin Luther King]], produced dramatic confrontations for JFK with [[segregation]]ist Democrats, especially Governors [[George Wallace]] of Alabama, and Ross Barnett of Mississippi.
A new issue that Kennedy had not anticipated blazed into view as the [[civil rights movement]] in the South, led by [[Martin Luther King]], produced dramatic confrontations for JFK with [[segregation]]ist Democrats, especially Governors [[George Wallace]] of Alabama, and Ross Barnett of Mississippi.