PRESIDENT LB JOHNSON - AFTER INSTITUTING WELFARE:
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BLACK AMERICA BEFORE LBJ - HOW THE WELFARE STATE (INADVERTENTLY?) HELPED RUIN BLACK COMMUNITIES:
The dust has settled and the evidence is in: The 1960s Great Society and War on Poverty programs of President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) have been a colossal and giant failure. One might make the argument that social welfare programs are the moral path for a modern government. They cannot, however, make the argument that these are in any way effective at alleviating poverty.
In fact, there is evidence that such aggressive programs might make generational poverty worse. While the notion of a “culture of dependence” is a bit of a cliché in conservative circles, there is evidence that this is indeed the case – that, consciously or not, the welfare state creates a culture where people receive benefits rather than seeking gainful employment or business ownership.
“The black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in the liberal welfare state that subsidized unwed pregnancy and changed welfare from an emergency rescue to a way of life.” - Thomas Sowell
Before Welfare 80% of black families had the father living with the family.
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PRESIDENT LB JOHNSON - AFTER INSTITUTING WELFARE
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BLACK AMERICA BEFORE LBJ - HOW THE WELFARE STATE (INADVERTENTLY?) HELPED RUIN BLACK COMMUNITIES:
The dust has settled and the evidence is in: The 1960s Great Society and War on Poverty programs of President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) have been a colossal and giant failure. One might make the argument that social welfare programs are the moral path for a modern government. They cannot, however, make the argument that these are in any way effective at alleviating poverty.
In fact, there is evidence that such aggressive programs might make generational poverty worse. While the notion of a “culture of dependence” is a bit of a cliché in conservative circles, there is evidence that this is indeed the case – that, consciously or not, the welfare state creates a culture where people receive benefits rather than seeking gainful employment or business ownership.
“The black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in the liberal welfare state that subsidized unwed pregnancy and changed welfare from an emergency rescue to a way of life.” - Thomas Sowell
Before Welfare 80% of black families had the father living with the family.
https://www.theroot.com/welfare-fathers-and-those-persistent-myths-1790864434
PRESIDENT LB JOHNSON - AFTER INSTITUTING WELFARE
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BLACK AMERICA BEFORE LBJ - HOW THE WELFARE STATE (INADVERTENTLY?) HELPED RUIN BLACK COMMUNITIES:
The dust has settled and the evidence is in: The 1960s Great Society and War on Poverty programs of President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) have been a colossal and giant failure. One might make the argument that social welfare programs are the moral path for a modern government. They cannot, however, make the argument that these are in any way effective at alleviating poverty.
In fact, there is evidence that such aggressive programs might make generational poverty worse. While the notion of a “culture of dependence” is a bit of a cliché in conservative circles, there is evidence that this is indeed the case – that, consciously or not, the welfare state creates a culture where people receive benefits rather than seeking gainful employment or business ownership.
“The black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in the liberal welfare state that subsidized unwed pregnancy and changed welfare from an emergency rescue to a way of life.” - Thomas Sowell
Before Welfare 80% of black families had the father living with the family.
https://www.theroot.com/welfare-fathers-and-those-persistent-myths-1790864434
PRESIDENT LB JOHNSON - AFTER INSTITUTING WELFARE
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BLACK AMERICA BEFORE LBJ - HOW THE WELFARE STATE (INADVERTENTLY?) HELPED RUIN BLACK COMMUNITIES:
The dust has settled and the evidence is in: The 1960s Great Society and War on Poverty programs of President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) have been a colossal and giant failure. One might make the argument that social welfare programs are the moral path for a modern government. They cannot, however, make the argument that these are in any way effective at alleviating poverty.
In fact, there is evidence that such aggressive programs might make generational poverty worse. While the notion of a “culture of dependence” is a bit of a cliché in conservative circles, there is evidence that this is indeed the case – that, consciously or not, the welfare state creates a culture where people receive benefits rather than seeking gainful employment or business ownership.
“The black family, which had survived centuries of slavery and discrimination, began rapidly disintegrating in the liberal welfare state that subsidized unwed pregnancy and changed welfare from an emergency rescue to a way of life.” - Thomas Sowell