Was it?The “War on Poverty” in the 1960s was actually a huge success
In 1964, the poverty rate was 19 percent. Ten years later, it was 11.2 percent. Particularly, the rate of black poverty in America plummeted in the mid-1960s.Was it?
The biggest drop took place before the bill was even signed. Was the reason for this steep decline the reason for the rest of the decline and the money thrown at it a waste of money? My guess is yes since it hasn’t changed much since.
yes, but was the original drop the cause or the government programs? you really can’t prove whichIn 1964, the poverty rate was 19 percent. Ten years later, it was 11.2 percent. Particularly, the rate of black poverty in America plummeted in the mid-1960s.
Yes, there are many life issues that must be considered, supported and lived in order to actually be pro-life.overty, physical abuse, drug and other substance abuse, corruption, and so many other things.
I would like to see my brother and sister Catholics address these issues.
The War on Poverty was started under Johnson in about 1965. Yes, poverty rates tumbled after 1959, but the biggest drop was before the “war” even started. If you look at the numbers from 1965 on you will see that the rates have gone down only for those over 65, for everyone else they have increased.Poverty rates for the elderly have gone down by the most, but the 2013 numbers are lower in every case than the 1959 numbers.
I am going to quote my post above:In 1964, the poverty rate was 19 percent. Ten years later, it was 11.2 percent. Particularly, the rate of black poverty in America plummeted in the mid-1960s.
Yes, but this may have had nothing to do with the programs but due in part to the cause of the drop that started in 1959. You can not prove the programs caused the drop through 1974.In 1964, the poverty rate was 19 percent. Ten years later, it was 11.2 percent. Particularly, the rate of black poverty in America plummeted in the mid-1960s.
There was a professional basketball player named Hot Rod Hundley who played in the NBA nearly 60 years ago. When he was on the speaker circuit he used to tell of the time he and Elgin Baylor scored 76 points in a single game, the most ever scored by two forwards on the same team in the same game. He had four, Elgin had 72.In 1964, the poverty rate was 19 percent. Ten years later, it was 11.2 percent. Particularly, the rate of black poverty in America plummeted in the mid-1960s.
We all agree these issues need to be addressed, we just disagree on what the best solution is.So yes, addressing things like economic justice, immigration, health care, substance abuse, employment, is warranted not only on their own merits, but also because of how they relate to the “choice to abort”.
To get out of poverty you have to be alive.The baby that is in the womb today that you’re fighting to defend the life of may be in 20 years become the young, single mother who becomes a porn actress to get her way out of poverty. So yes, the issue of poverty matters a great deal.
To know your father or be able to seek better opportunities you need to be alive.That baby in the womb may be the child of a father who just got deported, so yes the issue of immigration matters a great deal.
You need to be alive to be addicted to drugs.That baby in the womb may be the child of a meth addict mother may in 9 months be born with a method addiction, so yes the issue of substance abuse, drug smuggling, and transnational drug organizations matter a great deal.
Given the choice between them I’d make abortion legal. I think that the law should recognize that the unborn have a right to life in the same way that it recognizes that the born have it.In theory, it is possible for abortion to be legal and for no woman to have an abortion.
In theory, it is also possible for abortion to be illegal and for women to still have them.
Again, your chart clearly shows the official poverty rate went down for all age groups overall:That is, that the poverty rate declined for everyone. In fact as the data show the decline was solely for those over 65; for everyone else it went up.
This is the point that is badly misunderstood. There are many approaches that have been proposed to resolve these social problems, but there is no moral component in disagreeing about what will or will not work. Some people support raising the minimum wage, others oppose it. This in no way suggests that the former group wants to help the poor while the latter does not, it only means that one group believes it will help and the other group believes it will hurt.We all agree these issues need to be addressed, we just disagree on what the best solution is.
Yes, they have gone down for everyone since 1959…which was five years before the War on Poverty was discussed, let alone implemented. I didn’t realize that programs got to claim credit for what happened before they had even begun. As I said, the statistics for the period after Johnson’s Great Society programs were enacted shows that poverty levels are higher now than before except for the over 65 category.Again, your chart clearly shows the official poverty rate went down for all age groups overall:
Poverty rates for the elderly have gone down by the most, but the 2013 numbers are lower in every case than the 1959 numbers.
Of course, I am mostly speaking of politicians and even some of them are anti abortion. I believe, if you make it available and legal people will think it is ok and moralActually, I do not believe the left all believe that abortion is not wrong. Their believe is that each person should decide yes or no on having an abortion. That is called choice. We all are liable for our own sins. God gave us the ability to choose yes or no on most things in lift. The consequences come from our choice.