FIFTY FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON'S WAR ON POVERTY - MEDICARE MEDICADE FOODSTAMPS and MORE

If you take government benefits you may have this President to Thank.  According to Peter Edelman, an author also associated with the Clinton administration, Johnson's own childhood and his experience as a teacher of poor Mexican children gave him empathy.  Watch this full video that includes commentary and clips from his WAR ON POVERTY speech.

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