How Racism Ended The War On Poverty

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It has been 50 years since Lyndon Johnson first declared that the nation could, "for the first time in our history," conquer and win a war on poverty, pledging a "total commitment by this President, and this Congress, and this nation, to pursue victory over the most ancient of mankind's enemies." In the years that followed, lawmakers weaved a social safety net that still endures to this day, providing educational opportunities for low income Americans, retirement and health care security to the low income and elderly, and food assistance to the hungry...

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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/08/3122111/war-poverty-race-sexism/

Clip from the Wednesday, January 8th 2014 edition of The Kyle Kulinski Show, which airs live on Blog Talk Radio and Secular Talk Radio monday - friday 4-6pm Eastern.

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