[Do_Tar]

It really depends on which side you think they were on.

[Jim W N]

Government interference in the Free Market Economy is the CAUSE of much poverty and failure.

[BitWielder1]

It's hard to win a war against something the government is supporting in secret.
Poverty is a source of votes for Democrats, they will never give it up.

[Jeff Chandler]

The War on Poverty = The Federal Pig Trough Act

[Bob434]

Biden ignored the sc r3cently over student loans, and recorded his edict on the issue- did the sc come back again and issue another ruling to stop his amended rule or law or whatever they cal. It?

[Dilbert San Diego]

In 1964, around 4% of American children were born to unwed mothers. By 2021, this percentage increased a full ten times to 40%.

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Many of us remember a time, when there was a social stigma against having children out of wedlock.

Nowadays, there is no stigma; we as a society are completely non-judgemental about such behaviors.

But we aren’t allowed to talk about that.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

"The Government Lost the War on Poverty" but along the way a whole collection of government folks earned fine pay and benefits to "lose the war."

Seems consistent with the other wars our "nation" has lost in the last several decades.

[GaryCrow]

I would take issue with that headline. The war on poverty accomplished exactly what it was supposed to do, it justified a massive expansion in federal government that allowed them to encroach on all aspects of the lives of Americans, rig elections, and suppress freedom.

From the point of view of a totalitarian it's been a roaring success.

[oldtech]

“In 2014, when the War on Poverty turned 50, the American poverty rate was still at 15%. That means that after spending $20 trillion over the previous half century the government had successfully reduced poverty by a mere 3%.” Who can even assure us that government spending is even what brought it down? Seems like Donald Trumps programs may have helped, but he is considered a failure. Compared to the guy we have now, Trump was possibly a howling success. I guess why they want to impeach him; to keep Biden from looking any worse than he already does.

[sphinx]

When you subsidize something, you get more of it. This includes irresponsible behavior. Liberals have never been able to understand this concept.

We don’t want people dying on the streets. A welfare floor will be established somewhere. But the left is now committed to equalizing outcomes in the name of social justice, which creates a blank check for irresponsibility.

Systemic racism has now become an added smokescreen. Every bad decision by a black person is ultimately a white person’s fault. All performance gaps are white people’s fault.

This does not apply in any domain in which black people excel.

[Pajamajan]

"mere three years later Trump’s economic renaissance had reduced poverty by 2%, bringing it to its lowest level in history, 10.5%, before the Covid scam derailed the prosperity engine. To put that in perspective, Donald Trump’s economy brought poverty down by 2% in 3 years, fully half as much as government spending did in the 53 years between 1964 and 2016."

This 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆 👀

[Leep]

Mission accomplished.