At 08:04 PM 1/18/02 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
>John, I think you discount the abject poverty that existed in the US before
>Johnson. Some parts of the US, namely the south and Appalacia were like
>third world nations. When the Great Society programs were being discussed
>you used to see pitifull scenes of American families living in tin sheds on
>television pretty regularly
Alas, that abject poverty still exists in many places to this day.
I'm sure that Dan M. will look up the poverty rate numbers and post them,
just for effect.
JDG
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