claim: says that under president john f. kennedy, "government took up" 27 percent of the economy, and today it "consumes 37 percent."
author: mitt romney
evidence_1: apr 26, 2014 ... “industrial sickness funds [were] concentrated in manufacturing,” said john e.  murray, professor of political economy at tennessee's rhodes college and  author of “origins of american health .... president john f. kennedy advocated “ medical care for the aged,” a hospital insurance plan for seniors.
evidence_2: sep 29, 2017 ... for simplicity, we've combined the administrations of democrats john f.  kennedy and his successor, lyndon b. johnson (who took office after kennedy  was assassinated), and of republicans ... in fact, the 5.3 percent gain under  obama barely made up for the 4.2 percent loss under his predecessor.
evidence_3: apr 1, 2016 ... gender pay inequality. consequences for women,. families and the economy  www.jec.senate.gov. a report by the joint economic committee democratic staff  ..... president john f. kennedy signed the equal pay act into law on june 10,  1963. ... today, women ages 45 to 54 typically earn only 70 percent.
evidence_4: feb 21, 2014 ... the bureau of labor statistics (bls), the premier government source for  information on jobs, shows that only 27 percent of jobs (percentage calculated  from table 2) in the u.s. economy currently require a college degree (associate  degree or higher). by comparison, the current population survey, ...
evidence_5: mar 27, 2017 ... trump's current 36% is two percentage points below barack obama's low point of  38%, recorded in 2011 and 2014. ... john f. kennedy's lowest approval rating  was 56%; dwight eisenhower's was 48%. ... his approval rating dropped to 37%  in june 1993 but recovered to 56% by september of that year.