Just a few reasons why it was damaging to the country.
1. It gave people a way to get by without having to do any work
2. parents urged their children to try to go to special education classes at school as a way to prove they were eligible for [SSI] disability benefits.
3. A failed program that taught people to rely on a handout rather than a hand up.
"But establishments have a habit of becoming too confident in their ability to manipulate people and events, and too certain of their own moral righteousness. Obama's political and substantive gifts are undeniable. What he needs to realize are the limits of his own mastery."... perhaps this will be what defines the difference between him being great, and him being good.
The Blog: A compendium of thoughts on politics, world affairs, economics, pop culture and social issues, from the center right perspective of me a University of Virginia graduate who spent a career in the world's greatest Navy keeping my mouth shut about politics and social issues (ok, publicly keeping it shut). Those days are over! I've also invited a few friends to join in, so pull up a chair and chime in where you will. Keep it clean, civil, concise and relevant.
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5 comments:
Mr. Dionne says "Washington has not seen a liberal establishment since the mid-1960s."
If Mr. Dionne cared to take off his liberal blinders he would note that the liberal policies of LBJs war on poverty were damaging to the country.
I would be much more afraid if this came from a source other than E.J. Dionne.
anon, can you expand on your assertion that LBJ's war on poverty damaged the country?
Just a few reasons why it was damaging to the country.
1. It gave people a way to get by without having to do any work
2. parents urged their children to try to go to special education classes at school as a way to prove they were eligible for [SSI] disability benefits.
3. A failed program that taught people to rely on a handout rather than a hand up.
"But establishments have a habit of becoming too confident in their ability to manipulate people and events, and too certain of their own moral righteousness. Obama's political and substantive gifts are undeniable. What he needs to realize are the limits of his own mastery."... perhaps this will be what defines the difference between him being great, and him being good.
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