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Government Action Is Literally The Only Reason We Have Less Poverty Now Than In 1967
Everything you need to know about the war on poverty
but how do you know for sure the current situation isn't the result they want?i think albert einstein described it better with this quote.
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
in order for the far left elitists to stay in power they need the serfs on order to do so. The only thing they can do is make sure they create enough serfs in order to claim that if they are elected the government will save them from the "evil" rich people.
Yet the rich white far left elite that are pulling the stings are ignored by their loyal programmed followers.
Haughty twirps don't outrage me, they amuse me.No, I merely pointed out the vacuous nature of an irrelevant truism. A fairly haughty one at that.No, you took an innocuous "We don't live in a vacuum" and took it as personal.
It was a waste of keystrokes. Unless, of course, your outcome was to come across as carrying some air of intellectual superiority, which you failed at.
Looks like haughty is your middle name. So much for your faux outrage
Government Action Is Literally The Only Reason We Have Less Poverty Now Than In 1967
Everything you need to know about the war on poverty
From the article
"The 1962 publication of Michael Harrington's "The Other America," an expose which demonstrated that poverty in America was far more prevalent than commonly assumed, focused public debate on the issue, "
Michael Harrington
" interest in Marxism and secular socialism. After leaving The Catholic Worker, Harrington became a member of the Independent Socialist League, a small organization associated with the former Trotskyist activist Max Shachtman. Harrington and Shachtman believed that socialism, which in their opinion implied a just and fully democratic society"
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Haughty twirps don't outrage me, they amuse me.No, I merely pointed out the vacuous nature of an irrelevant truism. A fairly haughty one at that.
It was a waste of keystrokes. Unless, of course, your outcome was to come across as carrying some air of intellectual superiority, which you failed at.
Looks like haughty is your middle name. So much for your faux outrage
So far, you are a one man clown car.
LBJ's "War on Poverty" has been a dismal failure
Today, the poverty rate is only slightly below where it was in 1964, and it came with a $20 trillion price tag. Whats more, a record 47 million Americans are now receiving food stamps, which is about 13 million more than when the President Obama took office.
Actually, the war on poverty hasnt failed. It has done exactly what it was intended to do: enrich and empower the state and its interest groups. One of the problems of being a think-tank is that you must accept the states bona fides, or be fired. Only radical criticism, however, criticism that goes to the root, in other words, has a chance of delegitimizing these evil activities.
What I have is a keen awareness for arrogant buttpipes talking down to me, as you have.Haughty twirps don't outrage me, they amuse me.Looks like haughty is your middle name. So much for your faux outrage
So far, you are a one man clown car.
WOW, the insults just keep coming...why are you so insecure? Are you afraid I have knowledge that will disrupt your parroting right wing dogma?
Nice text brick. Did you learn that skill from Jobs Corps?Ironically, the War on Poverty SHOULD have been strongly supported by conservatives. But they only offer empty rhetoric, while trying to tear down the working men and women of our nation and always trying to create an aristocracy by propping up and worshiping the opulent.
Here are some FACTS for you on what the War on Poverty.
When President Kennedy's brother-in law Sargent Shriver accepted President Johnson's challenge and took on the 'War on Poverty' the first thing he discovered was rather startling and disturbing. Half of the Americans living in poverty were children. Another large segment were elderly and another segment were mentally and/or physically disabled. So a HUGE segment of the poor fit the TRUE definition of a dependent. So there is an obligation as a civil society to make sure those real dependents are not trampled on or extinguished.
To address some of the players in your fairy tale, voila! We have an unabashed flaming liberal...Sargent Shriver. But I hate to disappoint you. Sargent Shriver hated welfare and had no intention of creating a handout program. He didn't believe in handouts, he believed in community action, opportunity, responsibility, and empowerment.
The 'War on Poverty' was called the Office of Economic Opportunity. The core principles were opportunity, responsibility, community and empowerment. The program's goal was maximum feasible participation. One of the concepts of empowerment was poor people had a right to one-third of the seats on every local poverty program board. It was a community based program that focused on education as the keys to the city. Programs such as VISTA, Job Corps, Community Action Program, and Head Start were created to increase opportunity for the poor so they could pull themselves out of poverty with a hand UP, not a hand out. Even when Johnson effectively pulled the plug on the War on Poverty to fund the war in Vietnam, Shriver fought on and won. During the Shriver years more Americans got out of poverty than during any similar time in our history. (The Clinton years - employing the same philosophy - were the second best.) Ref
Here is one of the agencies created by the WOP...
Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free-of-charge education and vocational training to youth ages 16 to 24.
Job Corps offers career planning, on-the-job training, job placement, residential housing, food service, driver's education, basic health and dental care, a bi-weekly basic living allowance and clothing allowance. Some centers offer childcare programs for single parents as well.
Besides vocational training, the Job Corps program also offers academic training, including basic reading and math, GED attainment, college preparatory, and Limited English Proficiency courses. Some centers also offer programs that allow students to remain in residence at their center while attending college.[citation needed] Job Corps provides career counseling and transition support to its students for up to one year after they graduate from the program.
Career paths
Career paths offered by Job Corps include:
Advanced manufacturing
Communication design
Drafting
Electronic assembly
Machine appliance repair
Machining
Welding
Manufacturing technology
Sign, billboard, and display
Automotive and machine repair
Automobile technician
General services technician
Collision repair and refinish
Heavy construction equipment mechanic
Diesel mechanic
Medium/heavy truck repair
Electronics tech
Stationary engineering
Construction
Bricklaying
Carpentry
Cement masonry
Concrete and terrazzo
Construction craft laborer
Electrical
Electrical overhead line
Facilities maintenance
Floor covering
Glazing
HVAC
Industrial engineering technician
Licensed electrician (bilingual)
Mechanical engineering technician
Painting
Plastering
Plumbing
Roto-Rooter plumbing
Tile setting
Extension programs
Advanced Career Training (ACT)
General Educational Development (GED)
Commercial driver's license (CDL)
Off-Center Training (OCT Program)
High school diploma (HSD Program)
Finance and Business
Accounting services
Business management
Clerical occupations
Legal secretary
Insurance and financial services
Marketing
Medical insurance specialist
Office administration
Paralegal
Purchasing
Health care/allied health professions
Clinical medical assistant
Dental assistant
EKG technician
Emergency medical technician
Exercise/massage therapy
Hemodialysis technician
Licensed practical/vocational nurse
Medical office support
Nurse assistant/home health aide
Opticianry
Pharmacy technician
Phlebotomy
Physical therapy assistant
Rehabilitation therapy
Rehabilitation technician
Registered nurse
Respiratory therapy
Sterile processing
Surgical technician
Homeland security
Corrections officer
Seamanship
Security and protective services
Hospitality
Culinary arts
Hotel and lodging
Information technology
A+ Microsoft MSCE
Computer Networking/Cisco
Computer systems administrator
Computer support specialist
Computer technician
Integrated system tech
Network cable installation
Visual communications
Renewable resources and energy
Forest conservation and urban forestry
Firefighting
Wastewater
Landscaping
Retail sales and services
Behavioral health aide
Criminal justice
Child development
Residential advisor
Cosmetology
Retail sales
Transportation
Asphalt paving
Material and distribution operations
Clerical occupations
Heavy equipment operations
Roustabout operator
Heavy truck driving
TCU administrative clerk
What I have is a keen awareness for arrogant buttpipes talking down to me, as you have.Haughty twirps don't outrage me, they amuse me.
So far, you are a one man clown car.
WOW, the insults just keep coming...why are you so insecure? Are you afraid I have knowledge that will disrupt your parroting right wing dogma?
You don't want your pious arrogance called for what it is, then cease acting like a pious, arrogant buttpipe.
Nice text brick. Did you learn that skill from Jobs Corps?Ironically, the War on Poverty SHOULD have been strongly supported by conservatives. But they only offer empty rhetoric, while trying to tear down the working men and women of our nation and always trying to create an aristocracy by propping up and worshiping the opulent.
Here are some FACTS for you on what the War on Poverty.
When President Kennedy's brother-in law Sargent Shriver accepted President Johnson's challenge and took on the 'War on Poverty' the first thing he discovered was rather startling and disturbing. Half of the Americans living in poverty were children. Another large segment were elderly and another segment were mentally and/or physically disabled. So a HUGE segment of the poor fit the TRUE definition of a dependent. So there is an obligation as a civil society to make sure those real dependents are not trampled on or extinguished.
To address some of the players in your fairy tale, voila! We have an unabashed flaming liberal...Sargent Shriver. But I hate to disappoint you. Sargent Shriver hated welfare and had no intention of creating a handout program. He didn't believe in handouts, he believed in community action, opportunity, responsibility, and empowerment.
The 'War on Poverty' was called the Office of Economic Opportunity. The core principles were opportunity, responsibility, community and empowerment. The program's goal was maximum feasible participation. One of the concepts of empowerment was poor people had a right to one-third of the seats on every local poverty program board. It was a community based program that focused on education as the keys to the city. Programs such as VISTA, Job Corps, Community Action Program, and Head Start were created to increase opportunity for the poor so they could pull themselves out of poverty with a hand UP, not a hand out. Even when Johnson effectively pulled the plug on the War on Poverty to fund the war in Vietnam, Shriver fought on and won. During the Shriver years more Americans got out of poverty than during any similar time in our history. (The Clinton years - employing the same philosophy - were the second best.) Ref
Here is one of the agencies created by the WOP...
Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free-of-charge education and vocational training to youth ages 16 to 24.
Job Corps offers career planning, on-the-job training, job placement, residential housing, food service, driver's education, basic health and dental care, a bi-weekly basic living allowance and clothing allowance. Some centers offer childcare programs for single parents as well.
Besides vocational training, the Job Corps program also offers academic training, including basic reading and math, GED attainment, college preparatory, and Limited English Proficiency courses. Some centers also offer programs that allow students to remain in residence at their center while attending college.[citation needed] Job Corps provides career counseling and transition support to its students for up to one year after they graduate from the program.
Career paths
Career paths offered by Job Corps include:
Advanced manufacturing
Communication design
Drafting
Electronic assembly
Machine appliance repair
Machining
Welding
Manufacturing technology
Sign, billboard, and display
Automotive and machine repair
Automobile technician
General services technician
Collision repair and refinish
Heavy construction equipment mechanic
Diesel mechanic
Medium/heavy truck repair
Electronics tech
Stationary engineering
Construction
Bricklaying
Carpentry
Cement masonry
Concrete and terrazzo
Construction craft laborer
Electrical
Electrical overhead line
Facilities maintenance
Floor covering
Glazing
HVAC
Industrial engineering technician
Licensed electrician (bilingual)
Mechanical engineering technician
Painting
Plastering
Plumbing
Roto-Rooter plumbing
Tile setting
Extension programs
Advanced Career Training (ACT)
General Educational Development (GED)
Commercial driver's license (CDL)
Off-Center Training (OCT Program)
High school diploma (HSD Program)
Finance and Business
Accounting services
Business management
Clerical occupations
Legal secretary
Insurance and financial services
Marketing
Medical insurance specialist
Office administration
Paralegal
Purchasing
Health care/allied health professions
Clinical medical assistant
Dental assistant
EKG technician
Emergency medical technician
Exercise/massage therapy
Hemodialysis technician
Licensed practical/vocational nurse
Medical office support
Nurse assistant/home health aide
Opticianry
Pharmacy technician
Phlebotomy
Physical therapy assistant
Rehabilitation therapy
Rehabilitation technician
Registered nurse
Respiratory therapy
Sterile processing
Surgical technician
Homeland security
Corrections officer
Seamanship
Security and protective services
Hospitality
Culinary arts
Hotel and lodging
Information technology
A+ Microsoft MSCE
Computer Networking/Cisco
Computer systems administrator
Computer support specialist
Computer technician
Integrated system tech
Network cable installation
Visual communications
Renewable resources and energy
Forest conservation and urban forestry
Firefighting
Wastewater
Landscaping
Retail sales and services
Behavioral health aide
Criminal justice
Child development
Residential advisor
Cosmetology
Retail sales
Transportation
Asphalt paving
Material and distribution operations
Clerical occupations
Heavy equipment operations
Roustabout operator
Heavy truck driving
TCU administrative clerk
Now, your empirically verifiable proof that the War on Poverty is any kind of success is?
During the Shriver years more Americans got out of poverty than during any similar time in our history. (The Clinton years - employing the same philosophy - were the second best.)
What I have is a keen awareness for arrogant buttpipes talking down to me, as you have.WOW, the insults just keep coming...why are you so insecure? Are you afraid I have knowledge that will disrupt your parroting right wing dogma?
You don't want your pious arrogance called for what it is, then cease acting like a pious, arrogant buttpipe.
Nice text brick. Did you learn that skill from Jobs Corps?
Now, your empirically verifiable proof that the War on Poverty is any kind of success is?
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Edmund Burke
During the Shriver years more Americans got out of poverty than during any similar time in our history. (The Clinton years - employing the same philosophy - were the second best.)
"The simplest description of the War on Poverty is that it is a means of making life available for any and all pursuers. It does not try to make men good -- because that is moralizing. It does not try to give men what they want -- because that is catering. It does not try to give men false hopes -- because that is deception. Instead, the War on Poverty tries only to create the conditions by which the good life can be lived -- and that is humanism."
Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr.
What I have is a keen awareness for arrogant buttpipes talking down to me, as you have.
You don't want your pious arrogance called for what it is, then cease acting like a pious, arrogant buttpipe.
Nice text brick. Did you learn that skill from Jobs Corps?
Now, your empirically verifiable proof that the War on Poverty is any kind of success is?
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Edmund Burke
During the Shriver years more Americans got out of poverty than during any similar time in our history. (The Clinton years - employing the same philosophy - were the second best.)
"The simplest description of the War on Poverty is that it is a means of making life available for any and all pursuers. It does not try to make men good -- because that is moralizing. It does not try to give men what they want -- because that is catering. It does not try to give men false hopes -- because that is deception. Instead, the War on Poverty tries only to create the conditions by which the good life can be lived -- and that is humanism."
Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr.
That's not empirical proof, just a quote. Now, tell us when the War on Poverty has ever been successful. Nuh-uh, no running!
You should reflect on that quote by Edmund Burke before spewing your fog of words, Bfgrn.
The "war" was a failure. Perpetuating poverty was not accomplished, rather poverty itself has become institutionalized. Obama is doing his level best to extend this trend by championing the welfare state at the cost of the only thing that has ever proved effective in creating wealth; the free market.
It was tried your way and failed miserably. The institutionalization of poverty comes at the cost of the middle class more than the elite.The "war" was a failure. Perpetuating poverty was not accomplished, rather poverty itself has become institutionalized. Obama is doing his level best to extend this trend by championing the welfare state at the cost of the only thing that has ever proved effective in creating wealth; the free market.
The typical right wing mantra...social Darwinism...survival of the richest.
Contumacious, Meathead, TemplarKormac, HelenaHandbag and friends...
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
President John F. Kennedy
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Edmund Burke
"The simplest description of the War on Poverty is that it is a means of making life available for any and all pursuers. It does not try to make men good -- because that is moralizing. It does not try to give men what they want -- because that is catering. It does not try to give men false hopes -- because that is deception. Instead, the War on Poverty tries only to create the conditions by which the good life can be lived -- and that is humanism."
Robert Sargent "Sarge" Shriver, Jr.
That's not empirical proof, just a quote. Now, tell us when the War on Poverty has ever been successful. Nuh-uh, no running!
You should reflect on that quote by Edmund Burke before spewing your fog of words, Bfgrn.
A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.
Oscar Wilde
The [in quotes] statement is based on facts...
"During the Shriver years more Americans got out of poverty than during any similar time in our history. (The Clinton years - employing the same philosophy - were the second best.)"
Everything you need to know about the war on poverty
Many of the war on poverty's programs like Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps, Head Start, Job Corps, VISTA and Title I are still in place today. The Nixon administration largely dismantled the OEO, distributing its functions to a variety of other federal agencies, and eventually the office was renamed in 1975 and then shuttered for good in 1981.
5. Did it reduce poverty, actually?
It did. A recent study from economists at Columbia broke down changes in poverty before and after the government gets involved in the form of taxes and transfers, and found that, when you take government intervention into account, poverty is down considerably from 1967 to 2012, from 26 percent to 16 percent:
While that doesn't allow us to see how poverty changed between the start of the war in 1964 and the start of the data in 1967, the most noticeable trend here is that the gap between before-government and after-government poverty just keeps growing. In fact, without government programs, poverty would have actually increased over the period in question. Government action is literally the only reason we have less poverty in 2012 than we did in 1967.
The "war" was a failure. Perpetuating poverty was not accomplished, rather poverty itself has become institutionalized. Obama is doing his level best to extend this trend by championing the welfare state at the cost of the only thing that has ever proved effective in creating wealth; the free market.
The typical right wing mantra...social Darwinism...survival of the richest.
Contumacious, Meathead, TemplarKormac, HelenaHandbag and friends...
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
President John F. Kennedy
It was tried your way and failed miserably. The institutionalization of poverty comes at the cost of the middle class more than the elite.The "war" was a failure. Perpetuating poverty was not accomplished, rather poverty itself has become institutionalized. Obama is doing his level best to extend this trend by championing the welfare state at the cost of the only thing that has ever proved effective in creating wealth; the free market.
The typical right wing mantra...social Darwinism...survival of the richest.
Contumacious, Meathead, TemplarKormac, HelenaHandbag and friends...
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
President John F. Kennedy
