The NYT just compared Biden’s spending bill to LBJ’s ‘War on Poverty.’ There’s just one problem: That war failed

FEE’s Hannah Cox writes, “Many claimed that the Great Society programs would end poverty in the US once and for all.

At the time, these programs were the greatest expansion of the welfare state in our nation’s history, but progressives have sought to further expand it ever since.

The NYT Just Compared Biden’s Spending Bill to LBJ’s ‘War on Poverty.’ There’s Just One Problem: That War Failed | Hannah Cox https://t.co/lhkxtVofh5 via @feeonline

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Many believe the current spending proposal could do just that. Under the original $3.5 trillion plan, Democrat leaders proposed a cradle-to-grave system that included $300 monthly payments per child, a national free community college program (many states already do this), subsidized child care, paid family-leave, universal preschool, ongoing job-training, elderly-care, and an expansion of Medicare…

In their analysis on the podcast, the Times claimed that the Great Society was tremendously beneficial and pointed out that it has become so popular that no modern politicians would seek to overturn it…

The only problem? Their narrative quickly falls apart under even the slightest scrutiny.”

Read the entire column.