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Great society programs of the 1960s were misguided and failed social experiment that wasted taxpayers' money. in fact, from 1963 when lyndon johnson took office until 1970, as the impact of his great society programs were felt, the portion of americans living below the poverty line dropped from 22.2% to 12.6%. the most dramatic decline over such a brief period in the 20th century. the current poverty rate in america in the wake of the financial crisis and recession is 15%, thanks in part, it's been held down thanks in part to programs like food stamps. also enacted by lyndon johnson. today in ...

In the washington monthly in 1999, if there is a prize for the political scam of the 20th century, it should go to the conservatives for propagating as conventional wisdom that the great society programs of the 1960s were misguided and failed social experiment that wasted taxpayers' money. in fact, from 1963 when lyndon johnson took office until 1970, as the impact of his great society programs were felt, the portion of americans living below the poverty line dropped from 22.2% to 12.6%. the most dramatic decline over such a brief period in the 20th semplgry. the current poverty rate in americ...

Speech, conservatives insist on declaring a total fail wrur in the war. they insist on declaring that waging war on poverty is a stupid idea because obviously there's still poverty and, therefore, everything done to fight it was a bad idea. and every year on round numbered anniversaries of that speech, defenders of lbj argue for the successes of the war on poverty. lbj's top aide on do memestic affairs throughout his whole presidency and the period is joseph calafano, the loudest cheerleader. for the success of the war on poverty and great society programs, arguing those programs ought to be r...

There's still poverty and, therefore, everything done to fight it was a bad idea. and every year on round numbered anniversaries of that speech, defenders of lbj argue for the successes of the war on poverty. lbj's top aide on domestic affairs throughout his whole presidency and the period is joseph califano, the loudest cheerleader. for the success of the war on poverty and great society programs, arguing those programs ought to be recognized as having worked. "from 1963 until 1970 as the impact of his great society programs were felt, the portion of americans living below the poverty line dr...

Steve sedgwick is live this morning. good morning. >> yeah. very good morning you to, brian. interesting that the price reaction is a couple bucks down on world benchmark. the u.s. benchmark trading a little lower as well. what is important to note is that the iranians will not be putting more into the market, it's frozen between 9.9 million barrels and 22.2 barrels in the day. the saudis are also a little upset. they have the iranians at 150 billion barrels of reserve. that means the current 1 million could go up two, three, four, five, six, even start challenging that $10 million barrels a d...