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The Impact Of President Lyndon Johnson's War On Poverty

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Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Johnson’s administration proposed a set of initiatives to the congress and then was later implemented by his cabinet agencies. War on Poverty is laws that were put in place during Johnson’s State of the Union, which was addressed on January 8, 1964 to reduce poverty. Johnson’s exact words were “Our aim is not only to relieve the symptoms of poverty, but to cure it and above all to prevent it (Johnson, 1964). With Johnson’s efforts, there were 4 pieces to the legislation. The Social Security Act, which is an act that provides the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old age benefits. These benefits are administered to aged persons, blind persons, dependent and
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