[hinckley buzzard]

The Great Society was doomed to failure because its guiding philosophy was to guarantee “equality of outcomes” a phrase used by LBJ himself, and an impossible goal. 5 trillion dollars down the drain and nothing to show for it. If it had been 50 trillion there still would have been nothing to show for it.

[daniel1212]

Not to mention the 501(3)(c) in a Trojan Horse, which enables the IRS to intimidate many churches into silence over expressing support for the best candidate.

[4Runner]

There was indeed something to show for it. The only reason for the program was to bribe the underclass to stop rioting, looting, and burning down American cities. If you were not around during the sixties you might not recall that was the backdrop to this horrific and cowardly "surrender" legislation, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1968 (so-called "fair housing" bill), where the Congress capitulated to the rioters.

At the time if you were on welfare you received food clothing cigarettes and maybe shelter (housing projects) but you did NOT get cash. That all changed when the Democrats decided that kind of program was demeaning and an "insult" to the "inherent dignity" of the recipients.

So we started giving the "needy" cash payments for everything from food and clothing to shelter. Making them the equal in every respect to those who worked for a living and got paid in cash each week. Except the "needy" didn't have to work for their paycheck.

The "social engineers" removed the "stigma" of the government handout and turned it into a cash cow for the underclass. In exchange for cowardly surrendering to the criminal classes and paying them off to "behave" themselves and not riot, loot and burn down America's neighborhoods, we now have a country where 51% of the populace is on some form of government benefit program, and a disgraceful national debt of over $21 trillion.