In the article “The
best case that the war on poverty has failed” by Zachary Goldfarb starts off by
saying that it’s the anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s speech in his State of the
Union address. Which is where he promoted the “War on Poverty,” to give the
resources needed to those who were in poverty. The chart shows that “28.7
percent of the country would be in poverty today without government policies to
help them – actually higher than it was 50 years ago.” If it weren’t for the safety
net of the programs given by the government many more would be in poverty
today. “Millions upon millions of American’s have lived a more decent life
because of taypayer support.” The chart really points out how Lyndon Johnson’s
“War on Poverty,” did help many American’s out of poverty, but the poverty
rates have only gone up since then and the “War on Poverty” has failed.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/2049783.html
ReplyDeleteIn the article by Sam Blackwell, “Opinion: Fifty years of War on Poverty” on semissourian.com, he make an argument about life after President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. He does this by telling us of a single mother who is in poverty, and gives us quotes from her saying what it is like, which allows the reader to connect to the women and empathize with her and her family. There is some bias however, in the fact that the majority of the organizations that he mentioned are based in Missouri, same as the company he writes for. However this does not seem to weaken his argument. His use of these other organizations only helps hiss argument by reinforcing the idea that the “war on poverty” is not over, but is attempting to be fought.