Letter: From War on Poverty to War on the Poor: Trump’s GOP Reverses America’s Moral Compass

The war on poverty vs. the war on the poor – The Bay State Banner

President Lyndon B. Johnson famously declared an unconditional “War on Poverty” in his 1964 State of the Union address, initiating one of the most ambitious policy initiatives in American history aimed at systemic economic inequality.

Letter: From War on Poverty to War on the Poor: Trump’s GOP Reverses America’s Moral Compass

To the editor: President Lyndon Johnson, a Democrat, championed the war on poverty.

Lyndon Johnson’s Disastrous War on Poverty » Sons of Liberty Media

America’s first war on a concept was an even more spectacular failure than the others. It was the age when administrations had slogans: Franklin Delano Roosevelt had the New Deal, Harry S. Truman the Fair Deal, and John F. Kennedy the New Frontier. Lyndon B. Johnson, not to be outdone, proclaimed that his administration would …

Lyndon Johnson’s Disastrous War on Poverty - The Washington Standard

America’s first war on a concept was an even more spectacular failure than the others. It was the age when administrations had slogans: Franklin Delano Roosevelt had the New Deal, Harry S. Truman the Fair Deal, and John F. Kennedy the New Frontier. Lyndon B. Johnson, not to be outdone, proclaimed that his administration would create the Great Society. In pursuit of that, in his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964, only six weeks after …