Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accomplished in part by direct recruiting by the Government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war, but at the same time, through this employment, accomplishing greatly needed projects. Who does Roosevelt suggest is responsible for fixing the nation’s economic problems? the people of the United States private business owners those defeated in war the government.