The Great Society also cost a lot. In its first year of 1964, the social welfare budget doubled to more than $1 billion (roughly 1% of the federal budget), and then jumped exponentially.

They can't be that expensive." Remember, life expectancy was not where it is today. ... Is it right to say that the Great Society is the final act of the New Deal and the Rooseveltian vision of ...

Since the passage of the Great Society, the federal government has spent $27.8 trillion (in 2016 dollars) on the War on Poverty. By contrast, all of America's wars have cost $8 trillion and World ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society included key policies such as federal aid for education, Medicare for older ...

Johnson's Great Society policies birthed Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. All of which remain government programs in 2021.

Nicholas Eberstadt has an excellent essay about the effects of the Great Society and the War on Poverty and its success over the past 50 years. Entirely contrary to what we're usually told about ...

The Great Society at 50: This is the first of four stories examining the legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson's ambitious social agenda, known as the "Great Society". Part 2: ...

At first glance, President Biden's reconciliation bill seems to dwarf the era-defining programs such as FDR's New Deal and LBJ's Great Society. But does the comparison hold up to scrutiny?