http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/01/27/the-2nd-most-memorable-sotu-lbj-declares-war-on-poverty/
In a recent Washington Post article, Jamie Fuller lists the top five most important presidential speeches, focusing in on number two, Lyndon B. Johnsons “War on Poverty” speech. She begins with statistics about poverty in the United States stating that the poverty rate was nearly 25% 50 years ago with 40 million people living on less than $3,000 a year. She goes forward describing Johnson’s speech over poverty to explain the influence it has had on the generations that followed. Although there are over 1.7 million Americans still living on less than $2 a day, LBJ’s government programs have helped the poverty rate fall 40% since the 1960’s.
In a recent Washington Post article, Jamie Fuller lists the top five most important presidential speeches, focusing in on number two, Lyndon B. Johnsons “War on Poverty” speech. She begins with statistics about poverty in the United States stating that the poverty rate was nearly 25% 50 years ago with 40 million people living on less than $3,000 a year. She goes forward describing Johnson’s speech over poverty to explain the influence it has had on the generations that followed. Although there are over 1.7 million Americans still living on less than $2 a day, LBJ’s government programs have helped the poverty rate fall 40% since the 1960’s.
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