Thursday, February 27, 2020

How the 1960s and the 'Great Society' Are Still Shaping America Today

"When you compare the two progressive impulses of our past, the 1930s New Deal, 1960s Great Society, which costs us more? People think New Deal was so socialist, but Great Society costs us more," says Amity Shlaes, author of the new book, "Great Society: A New History."

You want to imagine three areas of operation declared by President Lyndon Johnson when he officially said we're going to have a Great Society.

Michael was just brought in for fun, but some of his ideas did inform the Economic Opportunity Act, which was the poverty law of the Great Society.

Poverty was already curing away before the Great Society because of economic growth.

The poverty share reduction slowed after the Great Society and we kind of got stuck at 10%. People are sometimes poor.

When you compare the two progressive impulses of our past, the 1930s New Deal, 1960s Great Society, which costs us more? Great Society costs us more.

People think New Deal was so socialist, but Great Society costs us more.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/27/how-the-great-society-was-shaped-by-the-60s/

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