Was Lyndon Baines Johnson's Great Society Plan the closest we have been to reparations as a people?

[BaggerofTea]

taken from his wiki

Great Society - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

These policies are transformative and would benefit everyone.

I know dude had warts and all, "n******* voting one thousand years" and Vietnam


But democrats need to talk about this cac more and honor his legacy.

• The core programs of the Great Society aimed at a "war on poverty" and increased federal involvement in:
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Healthcare
• Key legislations:
  • Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
    • Created Job Corps
    • Established Volunteers in Service to America
  • Food Stamp Act of 1964
    • Provided assistance to low-income individuals for purchasing food
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
    • Authorized federal spending on schools with low-income students
  • Social Security Amendments of 1965
    • Created Medicaid for low-income individuals' medical costs
    • Established Medicare for health insurance for individuals aged 65 and over
• Measures aimed at ending racial injustice:
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
    • Prohibited racial segregation in:
      • Schools
      • Public spaces
      • Workplaces
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965
    • Ensured minority voting rights
  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
    • Abolished quotas based on national origin
    • Emphasized skills and connections to U.S. citizens
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968
    • Prohibited housing discrimination
• Additional projects and initiatives:
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • Consumer protection measures
  • Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
    • Expanded the federal housing program
  • Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Act of 1965
    • Limited motor vehicle emissions
  • National Trails System Act of 1968
    • Created a system of hiking trails

 

[BaggerofTea]

In fact, the Dems need a cat like this in every way honestly.

 

[Elim Garak]

Either that or Nixon's UBI plan.

 

[BaggerofTea]

Either that or Nixon's UBI plan.

nixon canceled that all out with the war on drugs

 

[Piff Perkins]

Dems are never going to honor LBJ's legacy due to Vietnam lol. Without that glaring flaw, he's damn near FDR 2.0.

 

[nightwing2016]

Either that or Nixon's UBI plan.

Nixon’s ubi plan is such an undervalued and overlooked part of his political ideas

 

[Elim Garak]

Nixon’s ubi plan is such an undervalued and overlooked part of his political ideas

Republicans would call Nixon a dirty liberal socialist communist by today's standards.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Nixon’s ubi plan is such an undervalued and overlooked part of his political ideas

People forget but Nixon had strong black support too

It was the height of the civil rights era and black people wanted to gamble on “going on their own"

https://www.politico.com/magazine/s...h-the-gop-about-courting-black-voters-121392/

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/17/richard-nixon-wilt-chamberlain-gop-black-voters-00161291

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/equity/nixon-and-black-capitalism

 

[BaggerofTea]

Dems are never going to honor LBJ's legacy due to Vietnam lol. Without that glaring flaw, he's damn near FDR 2.0.

I think its a shame.

They should put a qualifier around his presidency.


He as the greatest domestic president in US history

 

[HarlemHottie]

If we keep acting how we acting, yeah.

You self defeatist nikkas disgust me.

 

[RamsayBolton]

i need to read that super long book series on this dudes life

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

No, because a lot of those policies and initiatives were structured and implemented in a way that disadvantaged or excluded Black people. It was the same with FDR's New Deal.

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

In fact, the Dems need a cat like this in every way honestly.

Joe Biden?

Dems betrayed uncle Joe

 

[richaveli83]

LBJ could have been in the top five presidents but escalating the Vietnam War ruined his legacy.

 

[MoshpitMazi]

Nixon having a UBI is wild