“1965 will be known in history as the beginning of the decline of American capitalism. Count in the Civil rights act and the beginning of the welfare state. Johnson’s great society, IMHO, was the beginning of the end!”
Absolutely. And the Immigration Act of 1964 as well. Passed with the help of Dirksen moderates and Rockefeller liberals. The small number of conservatives in both parties opposed it. Prominent GOP opponents included Goldwater, Reagan and Buckley.
It’s Harry Jaffa fans who dominate conservative media today, whether they know his name or not. What they conserve appears to be the legacy of Lyndon Johnson liberalism, believing it’s “conservatism”.
Sorry for butting in, but this is a very intersting debate, indeed.
However, I have never heard of an Immigration Act of 1964 - or could this have been the abrogation of the “bracero program”, which indeed happened in 1964?
Sorry about this question; absolutely no slight intended, but I’m afraid I might have understood you incorrectly.
Blame it on my slow-wittedness and lack of erudition...
:-(
Concerning the matter of the book “A Nation of Immigrants”, my guess (and it’s only a guess, mind you) would be that parts of that book (perhaps its core premises) were indeed penned by JF Kennedy personally, while other passages might have been ghostwritten by one or more unknown authors.
Just as it had been the case with the published version of his work “Why England slept” from the year 1940.