Presiden Lyndon Baines Johnson wanted to get rid on the slums of cities, restored people stricken with poverty back to good measures, provided education for the less fortunate, and to give full rights to blacks and other minorities.
War took the front page, not his social programs.
Lyndon Johnson is noted for his war on poverty . Some say that poverty won.
the human condition.
After the first world war, there was the Depression
Office of Economic Oppurtunity
poverty
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
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
In a series of speeches, Lyndon Baines Johnson declared an unconditional war on poverty and said the nation to set its course toward a Great Society
It included programs to help children and job-seekers.
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.
Poverty can be considered the enemy because it makes people suffer, cause pain, and can even kill people. LBJ "declared unconditional war on poverty" by providing aid for the poor, jobs for youth, a domestic Peace Crops, etc.