Great Society

• The Great Society, food and nutrition programs, and family well being.

Food and nutrition assistance programs are an important part of the U.S. safety net. In 2009, the Food Stamp Program (FSP) served about 34 million per...

• NBER Reporter
• Vol. 2010 Nbr. 2, June 2010

• Great Society

In May 1964, President LYNDON B. JOHNSON gave a speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in which he ...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Fri–Jam

• A Great Society for Future Generations

I thank Walter Williams for keeping the fires burning on an issue many feel is dead ("Do we care about our children?" Commentary, Saturday). Only in a "Great Society" can we go from a program that cost taxpayers nothing in 1936 (because it didn't exist) to one that consumes almost one-sixth of our income. If our government doesn't do something soon, like raise taxes (again), increase the retirement age (again), make receipt of benefits "means tested" or transition to a personal account-based program, it will need between $61 trillion and $75 trillion today to meet future Social Security and Medicare obligations. One need not look very hard to see that we're throwing good money after bad. The Social Security tax rate has gone from 2 percent in 1937 to 12.4 percent today. In that same tim...

• The Washington Times
• November 07, 2005

• What Was Really Great About The Great Society.

Conservatives would win the prize for Political Scam of the 20th Century, if there were such a prize, for their constant criticism of the Great Society government programs of the 1960s. In fact, the programs were extremely effective, changing the percentage of people living below the poverty line from 22.2.% to 12.6%.

• Washington Monthly
• Vol. 31 Nbr. 10, October 1999

• Lbj's 'Great Society' Concept Provides Guidance at Bellmar

Speaking at commencement exercises at the University of Michigan on May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson challenged the graduates to "find new ways to stimulate the love of learning and the capacity for creation. Today, more than 42 years after that signature address in Ann Arbor, those words, and others from Johnson's Great Society speech, ring loud and clear as a mandate for students at Bellmar Middle School in the Belle Vernon Area School District.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• November 15, 2006

• The other War: American Jews, Lyndon Johnson, and the Great Society.

Just as President Lyndon Baines Johnson escalated US involvement in Vietnam, he declared another war on the home front: the War on Poverty. The hallma...

• American Jewish History
• Vol. 89 Nbr. 4, December 2001

• The Right Talk: How Conservatives Transformed the Great Society Into the Economic Society

[...] Smith challenges those who find the Republican success in God, guns, gays, and racial integration. Smith notes that the rapid expansion of the welfare state under Democratic administrations from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Lyndon B. Johnson was halted under more conservative Republican government.

• Presidential Studies Quarterly
• Vol. 39 Nbr. 4, December 2009

• Caltech Professor Named to Great Britain's Royal Society

PASADENA - Caltech provost Edward M. Stolper, the William E. Leonard Professor of Geology, has been named a Foreign Member of Great Britain's Royal Society. He is one of eight scientists elected in 2011. Stolper's election brings to six the number of foreign members of the Royal Society who are part of the Caltech faculty.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• July 18, 2011

• American Cancer Society Promotes Annual Great American Smokeout

As the official sponsor of birthdays, the American Cancer Society marked the 34th Great American Smokeout on November 19 by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day. By doing so, smokers will be taking an important step towards a healthier life - one that can lead to reducing cancer risk and creating more birthdays.

• Charleston Gazette
• November 25, 2009

• Kansas City Barbeque Society Launches Fourth Great American BBQ Tour.

Tour to stop at 20 barbeque competitions across the country KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Great American BBQ Tour is hitting the road again to share tips ...

• Business Wire
• March 25, 2011