Lyndon B. Johnson: The Not-So-Great Society | Amity Shlaes

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🗓️ 23 September 2024

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Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty led to the creation of hundreds of government social programs—but who would run them, and how would they work? In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, bestselling author and historian Amity Shlaes examines the flawed logic and poor planning behind LBJ’s Great Society. Despite noble intentions, the federal government expanded without a clear roadmap, creating costly, inefficient bureaucracies that persist today. Discover why the War on Poverty failed and what it reveals about big government and effective reform. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.0	We are living in Lyndon Johnson's America.
0:36.6	That's what a staffer of the 36 president once said,
0:40.3	it's still true today. Consider America's out-of-control federal debt. We'd like to reduce it,
0:48.6	but we can't, because doing so means taking down institutions that seem as permanent as the Rockies,
0:56.6	Medicare, Medicaid, and many other entitlements. All these institutions were established by Lyndon Johnson.
1:05.2	The slogan of John F. Kennedy, Johnson's predecessor, was a new frontier. By this, Kennedy meant more opportunity
1:13.7	to enable Americans to thrive, not massive federal programs that would bankrupt our
1:19.8	grandchildren. Kennedy advocated significant tax cuts. Even Kennedy's signature project
1:27.0	emphasized symbolism, yet a man on the moon to show the
1:30.8	Soviet Union and American citizens what America can do for itself. But an assassin's bullet
1:37.9	fell to Kennedy in 1963, and now it was Johnson's turn. Johnson didn't have to set a new agenda. He could have simply
1:47.6	completed what Kennedy had already set in motion. And that's what he did at first. For example,
1:54.7	he saw those Kennedy tax cuts into law. But Johnson didn't want to be a caretaker. He wanted to be a history maker.
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