So after everything FDR passed in the 30s and 40s as part of the New Deal, LBJ, for all his faults with the war, came around in the 1960s and passed the following. I know most if you are aware, but I think it’s important to examine again.
1. War on Poverty:
• Programs aimed at reducing poverty, including: Economic Opportunity Act (1964): Established initiatives like Job Corps, Head Start, and work-study programs.
• Food Stamp Act (1964): Expanded access to nutrition assistance for low-income families.
• Medicaid (1965) and Medicare (1965): Provided healthcare to the poor and elderly.
3. Education:
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1965): Provided federal funding to schools in low-income areas.
• Higher Education Act (1965): Made college more accessible by funding scholarships and student loans.
4. Health and Welfare:
• Medicare and Medicaid: Landmark programs providing health insurance to seniors and low-income families.
• Social Security Amendments: Expanded benefits.
5. Environment:
• Clean Air Act (1963, amended in 1965): Addressed air pollution.
• Water Quality Act (1965): Focused on improving water standards.
6. Culture and Arts:
• Creation of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
7. Urban Development:
• Housing and Urban Development Act (1965): Supported affordable housing and urban renewal projects.
Care to guess how majority of white voters rewarded the Dems for passing legislation full of these goodies for the “economically annxious”? They abandoned the party in favor of the party of business. You literally can’t make this shyt up.
Why did they do that, you may ask? Because LBJ also had the audacity to pass these pieces of legislation:
• Civil Rights Act (1964): Prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
• Voting Rights Act (1965): Eliminated racial barriers to voting, such as literacy tests.
Then, They doubled down by voting for the man that introduced trickle down economics and put neoliberal policies into overdrive- destroying their very livelihoods, Twice!!
Then they tripled down with HW and quadrupled down with W.
Now they are showing their ass again with Trump.
At some point, you gotta come to the conclusion that they are indeed what Hillary called them. A basket of deplorables beyond saving.