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Medicare, medicaid, war on poverty
War took the front page, not his social programs.
The Economic Opportunity Act came first.
measures to provide healthcare for those in need
Social Legislation slowed down because of the cost of Vietnam. (Apex)
Vietnam took time and attention away from the war on poverty
It included programs to help children and job-seekers.
they had war to protect themselves
As with today, many the younger generation that it was a good idea, the old guard (the older generation) thought it was a bad idea.
The main actions between the main adversaries, for which the world should be grateful for, was that an all out nuclear war did not happen.
Jule Sugarman created the Headstart program in 1965 as a response to Lyndon B. Johnsons war against poverty. The program began as a summer program until converted to year-long.
Once the war was declared the first action by the United States was to deploy its military.