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Friday, June 06, 2014

Poverty Up 30.5% for Americans 18 to 64 Since LBJ Declared War on Poverty

(CNSNews.com) -- The percentage of 18- to 64-year olds who live below the poverty level has increased 30.5% since 1966, two years after Lyndon Johnson declared the War on Poverty, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

“We have declared unconditional war on poverty. Our objective is total victory. I believe that 30 years from now Americans will look back upon these 1960s as the time of the great American Breakthrough toward the victory of prosperity over poverty,” said then-President Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

According to a House Budget Committee Report, the federal government spent $799 billion on 92 programs to combat poverty: $100 billion on food aid; $200 billion spent on cash aid; $90 billion on education and job training; $300 billion on health care; and $50 billion on housing, in fiscal year 2012 alone.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is because democrat policies do not work, have never ever worked nor will they ever work. Vote straight Republican this upcoming election. The worst Republican is far far better than ANY democrat, who only excel at lying and excuse making.

Billy Bob said...

Liberalism always generates the opposite of its stated intent.

Anonymous said...

Did LBJ put boots on the ground during his war on poverty?

Anonymous said...

he killed JFK

Anonymous said...

How about raising the minimum wage?