How effective was Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty?

Fifty years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson declared "unconditional war" on poverty. Depending on your ideological ... Act and other legislation on the topic. Another factor is the fact that we just didn't have good data on poverty until shortly before the war on it began; our numbers only go back to 1959. read more

The term"war on poverty" generally refers to a set of initiatives proposed by Johnson's administration, passed by Congress, and implemented by his Cabinet agencies. As Johnson put it in his 1964 State of the Union address announcing the effort,"Our aim is not only to relieve the symptoms of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it." 2. read more

The War on Poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on Wednesday, January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate of around nineteen percent. read more