[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.

[cgbg]

The “war on poverty” also created thousands and thousand of “nonprofits” who were given government grants decade after decade.

This created a powerful lobbying group to keep their gravy train coming...