Poverty decreased from 19.1% to 12.1% during his presidency, the largest one time reduction of poverty in American history. During his time as VP and President, the poverty rate decreased from 21.9% to 12.1%. CBFF states that if many of his welfare programs were to end right now, the poverty rate would jump to 24%. If one is to use the supplemental poverty measure, a more comprehensive measure of poverty, which assess non cash benefits, the poverty rate dropped from 26% to 9.1% from 1967 to 2020, partly because of LBJs programs. Had it not been for those programs, the poverty rate would be 29% when using the supplemental poverty measure.
Yeah I especially liked what he said about Thurgood Marshall. That was real compassionate. History has proven Reagan to be right, Johnson and his policies created a permanent underclass, destroyed the education system, destroyed the family, and was the basis for big farming, and government over reach. Hell was paved with good intentions. Now I don't know if LBJ had good intentions, what I do know is what he said about Thurgood Marshall is more telling then any of his bullshit programs.
This man was a master politician who got to the top, did great things, and then fell into the tragedy of Vietnam. The best and worst achievements of any President.
Lyndon Johnson CHOSE to get the United States involved in what was basically a civil war on the other side of the world--a war this country was NEVER going to win. LBJ CHOSE to waste this country's resources and young people on Vietnam rather than focus mainly on the needs of the people of the United States.
what a moving speech, you see the conviction and real dedication LBJ had to this war on poverty. Something that no politician dare utter today because he would be dragged into the mire by the conservative media straight away and called "anti-growth" and "anti-business". What happened to compassion and care for one another? This is the question you need to ask.
Clinton doesn't belong in there. T. Roosevelt was a visionary and great leader , Clinton is out of his league with the others by a long shot. I think he is great though.
I think what most southerner "Dixiecrats, who defected to the Republican Party under Nixon and Reagan, failed to appreciate (accept, acknowledge, appreciate) was how Johnson Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and War on Poverty would a) open up the southern economy for growth and b) reduce its drag on the broader U.S. economy. That is the focus of this part of the speech, and I think trend lines on U.S. economic growth, while including other factors, bears it out.
@@netscape82 also even with domestic policy, he helped people as he put it here but he didn't help them look after themselves. Such is the way of handouts.
The war on poverty was not just about welfare. It also included pell grants, and training programs which helped a lot of poor people get educated so they could get a better paying job and escape poverty. So if went to college and got a pell grant, thank this man. He CUT poverty in half during his tenure. Reagan did away with a lot of the programs and subsidies and poverty started to rise again!!
LBJ had good intentions, he was raised in a poor town which I have visited several times, he electrified the Hill Country, but in my opinion the war on poverty was an utter failure, it created a culture of dependence and after trillions of dollars spent, poverty won
Not to mention cutting billions of dollars from the national school lunch program, like who the hell takes away food from CHILDREN like that?!? Reagan was truly one evil bastard, and our nation hasn't been the same since he took office.
@@thomasjust2663 Lulz. What we really need in this country is corporate slavery. We just don't suck the cocks of the Rick like we used to. We need to suck CEO dick harder.
@jeffmagic32 Thats because both parties are corrupt. If one party has good legislation the other party will still fight it and then when the other party is in power they will think nothing of turning and passing some version of that legislation which they had previously opposed. The differences between the two parties are not that great for the most part, what they both really care about and want to gain is power and staying in power, solutions to problems and issues are a secondary concern.
Great segment, but I don't think this is from SOTU, it's from a later speech -- might want to correct. See: www.accuracy.org/release/how-racism-undermined-the-war-on-poverty/
@urdaddy4321 The guys accomplishments were monumental and the policies he set in motion changed the country and made it better for all. Most don't realize this and cannot understand.
I remember the Cadillacs and the tar paper shacks with the poor. We were poor but had a nice clean home and a 15 year old car to get around with. Friday and saturday nights you could see the Cadillacs down in the drinking bars whooping and holler.
I lived before, but not in the deep South and in big cities, but people had more self respect and respect for others because they weren't feeding at the public trough (sorry for the run-ons). I do remember the tar paper shacks and Cadillacs. It was a different world back then, but a lot safer, though not as affluent.
James Parker: "The Census Bureau, using an alternative measure to the government's main poverty gauge, said the figure was virtually unchanged from a year earlier with the overall poverty rate stuck at 16 percent. But without tax credits, Social Security payments and other benefits, it would have been higher for the very poor, the young and the old, the data showed." In other words, when you factor in government aid, poverty is about 16%. But your way or mine, I don't see how it's anything to be proud of.
This war on poverty was a way for his party to divide families and make people dependent on the govt. This ensured they'd vote for Democrats so long as they keep on demanding govt assistance instead of a strong marriage or partnership.
@@PaulGoodeK sometimes it's hard to consider that those devising these Natl agendas aren't planning the outcomes. Critical Theory we see today, is a great example of an agenda that is intended to divide us all while masquerading around as some kind of positive change to society. One look at those nuts and bolts and we can easily see what their end game is with all that nonsense.
@@phoenixmistertwo8815 There is no Critical Theory agenda. Nor is CRT intended to divide. CRT is a complex legal theory taught at advanced levels that tries to understand the impact of the legal system on outcomes that are disparate by race. Far from being divisive, the idea is explore why there are differences despite the fact that people as individuals are clearly less racist than they once were. CRT has been around for 40 years is not taught outside of advanced law school classes. What is divisive is the outcry ginned up by right-wing media and politicians out of whole cloth. It is shabby and disgusting.
@@PaulGoodeK, you must watch lots of CNN to fall for such an easy spin. You do realize in your vast knowledge of CRT, you know, the ideology that tells you everything MUST be viewed through the lens of Race. The one that now offers classes in curriculum called white rage or whiteness studies. The same CRT that says all whites are inherently racist and evil. The same CRT that says this nagins republic is that of white supremacy. The same one that changes definitions of words using angry pawns like yourself to call or cancel anything that may hurt tbeir fragile sensibilities. That CRT? I haven't even gone into critical gender theory yet, but hey, not like you could understand that their all part of critical theory. You must be very naive and blissful. Must be kinda nice.
Your wish almost came true. A heart attack in 1955 lead to a painful death, constant angina, nitroglycerin , a painful life, lasted til' 1973. No racist , anything but- racist leader for southern senators until he did a 180 pol. spin and broke senate rule by dixiecrats in 57'. It was fantastic. The best legislator to ever occupy the white house his administration was a political watershed for this country. One of the great stories of history. There will never be another LBJ, unique.
The war on poverty was a total and utter failure, trillions of dollars were spent and we still have close to 20% of poverty and most folks are poor because they are lazy, it may not be politically correct to say so but its true
Johnson was one of our greatest progressive reformers with his Great Society. Unfortunately, he made a huge mistake in getting us involved in Vietnam. If he hadn't done that, he really would be one of our greatest presidents.
Fail, first of all poverty isn't at all time high. It's currently at 15%, when LBJ came into office it was 23%, and obviously it was much higher during say the great depression. In addition things like food stamps are not counted as income in the way we measure poverty. When you factor government aid for poor people in poverty is at about 7.2%. We also haven't had a progressive in office sines LBJ. Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan are to blame for Detroit as well as most of our economic problems.
Our representatives, Adam and his wife, were kicked out of the Heaven, only because they Did Not listen to God. And ever since we have proven their arrogant. God says pay 10% of your income to your needy relatives, orphans, and needy people. Yet, because of our arrogant, now we have 50,000,000 hungry relatives waiting for their next meal, and 2,000,000 homeless relatives, who are sleeping on the streets and we blindly pass by them every day. Yet, you would not find any homeless dogs.... That's ashamed. May God save us from Godless people. We can never ever solve the poverty unless we pay our 10% charities.
Poverty drooped by 50% under LBJ, Wages where at all time high, unemployment dropped from 5.7% to 3.4%, he ended segregation, and protected voting rights. And I am yet to see any evidence he said that quote.
1965, the country's immigration system was reformed, encouraging greater emigration from regions other than Europe... So DNC and rich donors... You knew you screwed a nation of black people and instead of addressing that issue head on before opening the borders, you decided to invite more poor individuals to support? You saw fit to thank WWII vets with the G.I. Bill and saw positive impact for white middle class dignity and wealth development which was good. GDP exploded from 1946 to even just 1960 as vets became notable contributors to society. But instead of thanking blacks in similar fashion with G.I. bill like benefits to gain an education and become competitive and economically independent, you give them welfare and flood the country with more poor people simultaneously? You knew that more poor people meant fewer resources and opportunities per person and namely fewer resources and opportunities per black person. You also knew the burden it created on America as a nation... It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that you always sought opportunity to sink this country. You spent trillions to run a counter productive welfare scheme, but wasn't willing to invest billions in delivering things that would've produced real change and hope. Every War on topic is a bipartisan failure... No one cared about solving the root cause of any "war on" issue because the game plan was always power and control. "Above the Pyramid... Your duty to divine God's will": you financiers have been presuming and plotting schemes and lies all your days. Wake Up People! This woman's days are numbered.
@69ballsackarian I agree- but for LBJ-the good lagacy far outweighs the bad. The guys nature, like his political policies were very contradictory and mysterious. A bigot on the outside but was it political posturing? Were the poverty, prejuduce, ignorance, violation of rights and a thousand other wrongs that were righted to be left the way they were? In that day, Viet Nam was another South Korea,another communist wrong to be righted. It was a huge mistake and a quagmire. Unchangeable, bad.
@BlackRepublican2010 Hardly a discernable message here? Poverty stricken families are better off for public aid. You are out of touch and cannot identify even, with people that truly need, a hand. Things are bad now, work cannot be had by all, had they wanted it. Medical ins. costs so high, one policy premium could not be paid by a very large population. Situations are not about political policy -it is hard living hand to mouth on a daily basis , however they can. Repeal tax cuts of top 5%.
@Launchpad05 Why should they care if one has nothing to lose no matter the behaviors ? Tragically , it is the current state of affairs. Respect for authority is disappearing because it makes no sense to them. It is false social rebellion and I don't understand it either.. it is so self-destructive.
I'm a Texan and know all about LBJ pro and con and he is STILL the best president of my lifetime.I was born in 1965 and that year at 60 years of age my grandfather had to retire early because of emphysema and my family would have been financially up shit creek without medicare and Lyndon's expansion of Social Security benefits.The irony was my papaw didn't like LBJ and knew about his crooked land deals in Texas and would NEVER vote for him!
@AlecBoy006 i like that list! But my big sticking point with Clinton is NAFTA, it's hurt not just us but Mexico too, it put thousands of small Mexican farmers out of business who couldn't compete with big US corp agriculture, personally i'd drop Clinton and add Teddy Roosevelt :-)
I have heard it put, that only himself , with all his political gifts and insights could have possibly seen the range of his successes and his failure. This guy came from ten miles with Nowheres. Texas to Washington with summer suits and a cardboard suitcase as a congressional secretary to Richard Kleberg. No money. Just consider what this guy did what little was given him. It is a white knuckle hair-raising tale- is yet another review of how this political story has been described.
I am sure that is exactly what he said, he was ,after all a southerner. Viet Nam has nothing to do with civil rights. However it did happen. To them it was another Korean conflict. Language does not make a difference whatsoever upon the landmark legislation that was achieved during that era. TO have reached so far and made it, and then to have the thing come crashing down on top of you was a tragedy in the truest sense of the word. LBJ had a Jeckyl and Hyde personality. Good and Bad sides
@WHP1959 The loss of a war does not negate the profound change of direction this country took after the LBJ administration. Bush Jr is seen as a bad pres. The stigma from cynics as regards Johnson was because of trying to win a war inherited hides the staggering social revolution that occurred at the time.
So I have an idea, in two or three comments tell me exactly how you would apply the see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing socioeconomic theory of Libertarianism and how enacting such policies would benefit ALL in the country.
The Iraq war killed hundreds of thousands of people, and coast 2 trillion dollars. The poverty rate is currently at 16%. When Johnson came into office it was 23%. So despite the recession that happened under bush it is still lower despite the fact the economy was quite strong under Kennedy.
@Launchpad05 Non-sense. A disconnect with reality. Centuries of oppression cause poverty ,discrimination and an ugly outpouring of such reactions to the status quo. One of the most out of touch historical statements ever on here.
Speaking of which, what will victory look like in the "War on Poverty"? When are they going to produce an "exit strategy" from that quagmire? quote from Ann Coulter
Probably one of the most under rated presidents we have ever had. Had it not been for Vietnam history would view him much differently.
He murdered JFK. Deal with it.
Poverty decreased from 19.1% to 12.1% during his presidency, the largest one time reduction of poverty in American history. During his time as VP and President, the poverty rate decreased from 21.9% to 12.1%. CBFF states that if many of his welfare programs were to end right now, the poverty rate would jump to 24%. If one is to use the supplemental poverty measure, a more comprehensive measure of poverty, which assess non cash benefits, the poverty rate dropped from 26% to 9.1% from 1967 to 2020, partly because of LBJs programs. Had it not been for those programs, the poverty rate would be 29% when using the supplemental poverty measure.
To me, LBJ's greatness was his compassion for the disavantaged and the legislation that came out of that.
Amen
Yeah I especially liked what he said about Thurgood Marshall. That was real compassionate. History has proven Reagan to be right, Johnson and his policies created a permanent underclass, destroyed the education system, destroyed the family, and was the basis for big farming, and government over reach. Hell was paved with good intentions. Now I don't know if LBJ had good intentions, what I do know is what he said about Thurgood Marshall is more telling then any of his bullshit programs.
Anyone doing this for HW?
Sadly :(
This man was a master politician who got to the top, did great things, and then fell into the tragedy of Vietnam. The best and worst achievements of any President.
Lyndon Johnson CHOSE to get the United States involved in what was basically a civil war on the other side of the world--a war this country was NEVER going to win. LBJ CHOSE to waste this country's resources and young people on Vietnam rather than focus mainly on the needs of the people of the United States.
We are still fighting that war.
what a moving speech, you see the conviction and real dedication LBJ had to this war on poverty. Something that no politician dare utter today because he would be dragged into the mire by the conservative media straight away and called "anti-growth" and "anti-business". What happened to compassion and care for one another? This is the question you need to ask.
War on poverty, medicare, voting rights LBJ did some great domestic topics his war in Vietnam a dismal foreign failure policy
Clinton doesn't belong in there.
T. Roosevelt was a visionary and great leader , Clinton is out of his league with the others by a long shot.
I think he is great though.
I think what most southerner "Dixiecrats, who defected to the Republican Party under Nixon and Reagan, failed to appreciate (accept, acknowledge, appreciate) was how Johnson Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and War on Poverty would a) open up the southern economy for growth and b) reduce its drag on the broader U.S. economy. That is the focus of this part of the speech, and I think trend lines on U.S. economic growth, while including other factors, bears it out.
Lol 😂
He did a lot to help poor people
The most underrated president.
In terms of domestic policies yep but in terms of foreign policy nope.
@@netscape82 also even with domestic policy, he helped people as he put it here but he didn't help them look after themselves. Such is the way of handouts.
The war on poverty was not just about welfare. It also included pell grants, and training programs which helped a lot of poor people get educated so they could get a better paying job and escape poverty. So if went to college and got a pell grant, thank this man. He CUT poverty in half during his tenure. Reagan did away with a lot of the programs and subsidies and poverty started to rise again!!
LBJ had good intentions, he was raised in a poor town which I have visited several times, he electrified the Hill Country, but in my opinion the war on poverty was an utter failure, it created a culture of dependence and after trillions of dollars spent, poverty won
Not to mention cutting billions of dollars from the national school lunch program, like who the hell takes away food from CHILDREN like that?!? Reagan was truly one evil bastard, and our nation hasn't been the same since he took office.
@@thomasjust2663 Doing nothing is helpful how?
@@thomasjust2663 Lulz. What we really need in this country is corporate slavery. We just don't suck the cocks of the Rick like we used to. We need to suck CEO dick harder.
@thomasjust2663 so has 40 years of trickle down economics helped poor people?
He. Lost white 🌈☘️. Friends. Who abanded. Him because. He. Wanted. To. Help. Black. Poor. People. A. Hand. Up
Notice Congress standing in unity
@jeffmagic32 Thats because both parties are corrupt. If one party has good legislation the other party will still fight it and then when the other party is in power they will think nothing of turning and passing some version of that legislation which they had previously opposed. The differences between the two parties are not that great for the most part, what they both really care about and want to gain is power and staying in power, solutions to problems and issues are a secondary concern.
Great segment, but I don't think this is from SOTU, it's from a later speech -- might want to correct. See: www.accuracy.org/release/how-racism-undermined-the-war-on-poverty/
Thank you! I have been searching and searching for the right text to go with this video
Yes. Thankfully we are intent on creating more poor people these days.
fight the war on poverty one of my favorite presidents Lyndon B.Johnson
@urdaddy4321 The guys accomplishments were monumental and the policies he set in motion
changed the country and made it better for all. Most don't realize this and cannot understand.
I remember the Cadillacs and the tar paper shacks with the poor. We were poor but had a nice clean home and a 15 year old car to get around with. Friday and saturday nights you could see the Cadillacs down in the drinking bars whooping and holler.
Some of it did. Not all of it FDR started quite a few of those programs.
I lived before, but not in the deep South and in big cities, but people had more self respect and respect for others because they weren't feeding at the public trough (sorry for the run-ons). I do remember the tar paper shacks and Cadillacs. It was a different world back then, but a lot safer, though not as affluent.
Starrvation doesn't do much for anyone's self-respect.
James Parker: "The Census Bureau, using an alternative measure to the government's main poverty gauge, said the figure was virtually unchanged from a year earlier with the overall poverty rate stuck at 16 percent. But without tax credits, Social Security payments and other benefits, it would have been higher for the very poor, the young and the old, the data showed."
In other words, when you factor in government aid, poverty is about 16%. But your way or mine, I don't see how it's anything to be proud of.
This war on poverty was a way for his party to divide families and make people dependent on the govt. This ensured they'd vote for Democrats so long as they keep on demanding govt assistance instead of a strong marriage or partnership.
@@phoenixmistertwo8815 I’m sure that’s exactly how Johnson looked at it.
@@PaulGoodeK sometimes it's hard to consider that those devising these Natl agendas aren't planning the outcomes. Critical Theory we see today, is a great example of an agenda that is intended to divide us all while masquerading around as some kind of positive change to society.
One look at those nuts and bolts and we can easily see what their end game is with all that nonsense.
@@phoenixmistertwo8815 There is no Critical Theory agenda. Nor is CRT intended to divide. CRT is a complex legal theory taught at advanced levels that tries to understand the impact of the legal system on outcomes that are disparate by race. Far from being divisive, the idea is explore why there are differences despite the fact that people as individuals are clearly less racist than they once were. CRT has been around for 40 years is not taught outside of advanced law school classes.
What is divisive is the outcry ginned up by right-wing media and politicians out of whole cloth. It is shabby and disgusting.
@@PaulGoodeK, you must watch lots of CNN to fall for such an easy spin.
You do realize in your vast knowledge of CRT, you know, the ideology that tells you everything MUST be viewed through the lens of Race. The one that now offers classes in curriculum called white rage or whiteness studies.
The same CRT that says all whites are inherently racist and evil.
The same CRT that says this nagins republic is that of white supremacy.
The same one that changes definitions of words using angry pawns like yourself to call or cancel anything that may hurt tbeir fragile sensibilities.
That CRT? I haven't even gone into critical gender theory yet, but hey, not like you could understand that their all part of critical theory.
You must be very naive and blissful. Must be kinda nice.
Your wish almost came true. A heart attack in 1955 lead to a painful death,
constant angina, nitroglycerin , a painful life, lasted til' 1973. No racist , anything but-
racist leader for southern senators until he did a 180 pol. spin and broke senate rule by dixiecrats in 57'. It was fantastic. The best legislator to ever occupy the white house his administration was a political watershed for this country. One of the great stories of history. There will never be another LBJ, unique.
One of the top 5 according to a history channel documentary.
The war on poverty was a total and utter failure, trillions of dollars were spent and we still have close to 20% of poverty and most folks are poor because they are lazy, it may not be politically correct to say so but its true
That’s not how poverty works but k
and homelessness in the 80's.
That's exactly what it sought to do.
If you spend a trillion dollars to fight poverty, you get a trillion dollars worth of poverty. You get what you pay for.
Johnson was one of our greatest progressive reformers with his Great Society. Unfortunately, he made a huge mistake in getting us involved in Vietnam. If he hadn't done that, he really would be one of our greatest presidents.
Fail, first of all poverty isn't at all time high. It's currently at 15%, when LBJ came into office it was 23%, and obviously it was much higher during say the great depression. In addition things like food stamps are not counted as income in the way we measure poverty. When you factor government aid for poor people in poverty is at about 7.2%. We also haven't had a progressive in office sines LBJ. Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan are to blame for Detroit as well as most of our economic problems.
Thank you LBJ.
Our representatives, Adam and his wife, were kicked out of the Heaven, only because they Did Not listen to God. And ever since we have proven their arrogant.
God says pay 10% of your income to your needy relatives, orphans, and needy people.
Yet, because of our arrogant, now we have 50,000,000 hungry relatives waiting for their next meal, and 2,000,000 homeless relatives, who are sleeping on the streets and we blindly pass by them every day. Yet, you would not find any homeless dogs.... That's ashamed.
May God save us from Godless people. We can never ever solve the poverty unless we pay our 10% charities.
It is very reassuring for me to see matters the way you write them, launchpad. What wisdom you can pen.
You have a great economy with words.
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Poverty drooped by 50% under LBJ, Wages where at all time high, unemployment dropped from 5.7% to 3.4%, he ended segregation, and protected voting rights. And I am yet to see any evidence he said that quote.
I am yet to see any evidence he said that.
1965, the country's immigration system was reformed, encouraging greater emigration from regions other than Europe...
So DNC and rich donors... You knew you screwed a nation of black people and instead of addressing that issue head on before opening the borders, you decided to invite more poor individuals to support? You saw fit to thank WWII vets with the G.I. Bill and saw positive impact for white middle class dignity and wealth development which was good. GDP exploded from 1946 to even just 1960 as vets became notable contributors to society. But instead of thanking blacks in similar fashion with G.I. bill like benefits to gain an education and become competitive and economically independent, you give them welfare and flood the country with more poor people simultaneously? You knew that more poor people meant fewer resources and opportunities per person and namely fewer resources and opportunities per black person. You also knew the burden it created on America as a nation... It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that you always sought opportunity to sink this country.
You spent trillions to run a counter productive welfare scheme, but wasn't willing to invest billions in delivering things that would've produced real change and hope.
Every War on topic is a bipartisan failure... No one cared about solving the root cause of any "war on" issue because the game plan was always power and control.
"Above the Pyramid... Your duty to divine God's will": you financiers have been presuming and plotting schemes and lies all your days.
Wake Up People! This woman's days are numbered.
In the year of 2020 I’m surrendering.. help me to be the Man of my family.. It’s war right
It requires a trained mind and Healthy body.....
Gonna stop you right there.
@69ballsackarian I agree- but for LBJ-the good lagacy far outweighs the bad. The guys nature, like his political policies were very contradictory and mysterious. A bigot on the outside but was it political posturing? Were the poverty, prejuduce, ignorance, violation of rights and a thousand other wrongs that were righted to be left the way they were? In that day, Viet Nam was another South Korea,another communist wrong to be righted.
It was a huge mistake and a quagmire. Unchangeable, bad.
I believe this is a wonderful speech. But, on the horizon was Viet Nam
@BlackRepublican2010 Hardly a discernable message here? Poverty stricken families are better off
for public aid. You are out of touch and cannot identify even, with people that truly need, a hand.
Things are bad now, work cannot be had by all, had they wanted it. Medical ins. costs so
high, one policy premium could not be paid by a very large population. Situations are not about political policy -it is hard living hand to mouth on a daily basis , however they can. Repeal tax cuts of top 5%.
Spoken like a true person that doesn't understand poverty at all. It's obvious that you aren't poor and you aren't an expert on the issue.
A great man. Soiled his legacy with Vietnam but he went further than even FDR in making this nation more civilized, modern, and compassionate.
This may be from his address to the nation after Selma, not a State of the Union address.
@Launchpad05 Why should they care if one has nothing to lose no matter the behaviors ? Tragically , it is the current state of affairs.
Respect for authority is disappearing
because it makes no sense to them. It is false social rebellion and I don't understand it either.. it is so self-destructive.
I'm a Texan and know all about LBJ pro and con and he is STILL the best president of my lifetime.I was born in 1965 and that year at 60 years of age my grandfather had to retire early because of emphysema and my family would have been financially up shit creek without medicare and Lyndon's expansion of Social Security benefits.The irony was my papaw didn't like LBJ and knew about his crooked land deals in Texas and would NEVER vote for him!
Bull butter. LBJ was crooked.
@AlecBoy006 i like that list! But my big sticking point with Clinton is NAFTA, it's hurt not just us but Mexico too, it put thousands of small Mexican farmers out of business who couldn't compete with big US corp agriculture, personally i'd drop Clinton and add Teddy Roosevelt :-)
I have heard it put, that only himself , with all his political gifts and insights could have possibly seen the range of his successes and his failure. This guy came from ten miles with Nowheres. Texas to Washington with summer suits and a cardboard suitcase as a congressional secretary to Richard Kleberg. No money.
Just consider what this guy did what little was given him. It is a white knuckle hair-raising tale- is yet another review of how this political story has been described.
A horrible president
You don't know what the hell you're talking about. He was not horrible.
yes i do i lived under him, he was horrible in some areas like vietnam
If he didn't escalate troops and bombing and such, America had much lower chance of ending war.
No he had no business escalating, it only made it worse. RFK was right we had no business being over there
Look pal, you can think what you want, I can't stop you. Just know you're wrong.
I am sure that is exactly what he said, he was ,after all a southerner. Viet Nam has nothing to do with civil rights. However it did happen. To them it was another Korean conflict.
Language does not make a difference whatsoever upon the landmark legislation
that was achieved during that era. TO have reached so far and made it, and then
to have the thing come crashing down on top of you was a tragedy in the truest sense of the word. LBJ had a Jeckyl and Hyde personality. Good and Bad sides
How can you tell LBJ is LYING...his lips are moving!
@WHP1959 The loss of a war does not negate the profound change of direction
this country took after the LBJ administration. Bush Jr is seen as a bad pres.
The stigma from cynics as regards Johnson was because of trying to win a war inherited hides the staggering social revolution that occurred at the time.
So I have an idea, in two or three comments tell me exactly how you would apply the see nothing, hear nothing, do nothing socioeconomic theory of Libertarianism and how enacting such policies would benefit ALL in the country.
The Iraq war killed hundreds of thousands of people, and coast 2 trillion dollars. The poverty rate is currently at 16%. When Johnson came into office it was 23%. So despite the recession that happened under bush it is still lower despite the fact the economy was quite strong under Kennedy.
LBJ was an okay president.
Lost Faith: Charming. I'm sure you are a leader of men.
There is none, this is the status quo
the quagmire was before when there was no war on poverty.
Spoken like a true Republican
We literally do everything that you listed.
@Yeldarb4 Ruin him? Ruin LBJ? Hah! Public opinion isn't always spot on.
Accomplishments live on in public policy.
@Launchpad05 Non-sense. A disconnect with reality. Centuries of oppression cause poverty ,discrimination
and an ugly outpouring of such reactions
to the status quo. One of the most out of touch historical statements ever on here.
Speaking of which, what will victory look like in the "War on Poverty"? When are they going to produce an "exit strategy" from that quagmire? quote from Ann Coulter
0-1:27
Exactly. No facts. Just bull.
Even though this guy killed JFK, he's kinda right
great president
I wish Democrats of today Would care more about the working poor and not just the middle class. I wish Bernie Sanders.