Matthews, Dylan. "Everything You Need to Know about the War on Poverty." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2014. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.
The phrase “War on Poverty” was first declared by Lyndon B. Johnson 51 years ago. The phrase meant a series of new programs concerning people’s retirement and benefits they would receive in order to cushion those who were getting older and shouldn’t be working anymore, those who had children but couldn’t afford food for their families, economic stimulus, and also education funds to help fund schools so that they would have the same resources that higher tax area schools had. Over all Lyndon B. Johnson created this “War on Poverty” to help grow and stimulate the US economically and to make living a little more comfortable for those who were in very low income areas. Johnson did this with four bills known as, The Social Security Amendments of 1965, The Food Stamp Act of 1964, The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and The Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This movement was really ignited when Michael Harrington published "The Other America," in 1962 which expressed that poverty in America was far more prevalent than many assumed and needed to be discussed. Although there are still many that do live in poverty, the bills that were passed in order to help those definitely did indeed help. Although there are issues with too much reliance on government assistance today than ever before the bills that Johnson passed have been a great help for those who have needed it. The war on poverty has not been won, but the plans that were put into practice have helped some.
The phrase “War on Poverty” was first declared by Lyndon B. Johnson 51 years ago. The phrase meant a series of new programs concerning people’s retirement and benefits they would receive in order to cushion those who were getting older and shouldn’t be working anymore, those who had children but couldn’t afford food for their families, economic stimulus, and also education funds to help fund schools so that they would have the same resources that higher tax area schools had. Over all Lyndon B. Johnson created this “War on Poverty” to help grow and stimulate the US economically and to make living a little more comfortable for those who were in very low income areas. Johnson did this with four bills known as, The Social Security Amendments of 1965, The Food Stamp Act of 1964, The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and The Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This movement was really ignited when Michael Harrington published "The Other America," in 1962 which expressed that poverty in America was far more prevalent than many assumed and needed to be discussed. Although there are still many that do live in poverty, the bills that were passed in order to help those definitely did indeed help. Although there are issues with too much reliance on government assistance today than ever before the bills that Johnson passed have been a great help for those who have needed it. The war on poverty has not been won, but the plans that were put into practice have helped some.
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