After a quarter century it is apparent that LBJ’s other war, the putative “War on Poverty,” has been about as successful as his military adventure in Vietnam. What was promoted as a War on Poverty looks more like a war on poor people.
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More on social policy:
- National service
- Homelessness: Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake
- Affirmative Action
- Drug Wars
- Freedom of speech
- Earth Day
- Sex and the Single-minded State
- Prohibition — no nobler the second time around
- Equal parenting
- Finding middle ground on abortion
- Child support and responsibility
- The changing face of racism
- Brave new diversity
- The high cost when life is priceless
Tags: business, labor, licensing, minimum wage, opportunity, poor, regulation, subsidies, unions, war on poverty, welfare
