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Elderly people in the country. truman couldnt get it done, but in 1965, lbj got it done. he signed the bill creating medicare in july 1965. and, of course, the conservatives at the time screamed bloody murderer. a high-profile conservative activist at the time named ronald reagan denounced this new program, this medicare program as the end of america, as the end of freedom. it would mean a communist takeover of america. be very, very afraid. lbj was not afraid, and it turns out, giving health in...

Not only -- sos biden collided with an iceberg but capsized and now democrats are scrambling aboard what they think is the last lifeboat, $3.5 trillion spending bill. >> this is in many ways what might define what his presidency is about. >> will easily be the most erratic expansion of the social safety net since lbjs great society. >> this is going to be one of the key moments president biden is going to have in his presidency and the legacy defining moment. >> the rope for that life that may h...

Rights act into law that had been filibustered by segregationists for 54 straight days. but in the end their efforts to stop it failed. lbj signed it. the civil rights act of 1964, of course, banned segregation in public facilities. also in private facilities to which the public had access. the segregationists at the time screamed bloody murder. its unconstitutional. you cant tell private entities what to do. actually, yes, yes you can. in the summer of 1964, president johnson made that law of t...

Gave the country until july 1966 before medicare would actually go into effect. so he basically gave the country, gave his administration a year to get it rolled out, right? weve got a year. ready, steady, go. funny thing, though -- more than halfway through that yearlong wind-up, more than halfway through that yearlong on-ramp that lbj had given himself to get implemented, nine months into that year that he had given the administration and the country to prepare for it, the johnson administrati...

Freedom. at the time what the johnson administration was actually most worried about, what serious critics and not just demagogues were worried about, was that there would be a flood of new patients into americas hospitals because old people who couldnt previously afford to see a doctor, now they would have health insurance coverage, they would be able to see a doctor. there were worries this new tide, this new flood of elderly patients suddenly accessing health services would swamp the nations ...

Because it was truman who proposed the u.s. government should commit to providing health coverage to all the elderly peep in the country. truman couldnt get it done, but in 1965, lbj got it done. he signed the bill creating medicare in july 1965. and of course the conservatives at the time screamed bloody murder. a high profile conservative activist at the time named ronald reagan denounced this new program, this medicare program as the end of america, as the end of freedom. it would mean a comm...

Executive of the executive branch. one way to philosophically think about this is how much power does donald trump personally have over this executive branch? that is a hard thing to measure but one way to measure this is to note that it has two end points. he could have no power or complete power. he could have zero or one. so where is he in his power over the executive branch, which constitutionally is under his complete control. where is he in terms of his power in the organization? is he clo...

Reelection. so i think they are positioning themselves and positioning him so that either right before or right after the 2022 election, dont think hell resign becaus then he do you get, but i think hell say im not going to run for reelection. hell be like lbj during vietnam . in then the democrats can start in 2020 to and 2023 building a whole group of people they thin would be able to win. >> not kamala. >> this political report, i sighed, it was eye-opening. i think it says what democrats are...

About this is how much power does donald trump personally have over this executive branch? that is a hard thing to measure but one way to measure this is to know that it has two end points. he could have no power or complete power. he could have zero or one. erso where is he in his power or the executive branch, which h constitutionally is under his complete control. where is he in terms of his power in the organization? is he closer to zero or closer to one? one way to ask that question is to s...

And fair but for the majority of the disenfranchised and disadvantaged groups we represent, they dont want to see us have any power and not using it. i would love to get the merrick garland back, all of 2016 back. we are in this position where historically presidents have gotten a lot done. lbj passed antipoverty programs, bill clinton passed nafta, obama passed affordable care act proving for incredibly resilient piece of legislation. we can do this but may violate some of the principles weve t...