In the War on Poverty, a Dogged Adversary New York Times, December 17, 2013
When President Lyndon Johnson declared his war on poverty on Jan.
8, 1964, almost exactly 50 years ago, 19 percent of Americans
were poor.
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“The richest nation on earth can afford to win it,” he reasoned,
as he proposed a clutch of initiatives from expanding food stamps
to revamping unemployment insurance. “We cannot afford to lose
it.”
A half-century later, our priorities have changed.
