Summary
As a student in the late '60s and early '70s, I was proud that I lived in a state which led the nation in the "war on poverty" as crafted by the late Congressman Adam Clayton Powell and implemented by Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon. Although rarely did I support "Tricky Dick" especially his "benign neglect" of the persistent racial problem in America, one of his most brilliant efforts was for a guaranteed income for all Americans which if embraced would have gone a long way to win the war on poverty.
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Why I Oppose the Welfare Reform Bill
I voted no on this bill because welfare reform doesn't work and only creates problems for us in other areas of the budget and society....
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