A quotation from Johnson, Lyndon:

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The war on poverty is not a struggle simply to support people, to make them dependent on the generosity of others. It is a struggle to give people a chance. It is an effort to allow them to develop and use their capacities, as we have been allowed to develop and use ours, so that they can share…
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/johnson-lyndon/72482/

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Representative #GlennGrothman (R-WI) said yesterday that if #Trump wins #reelection, the #US. should work its way back to 1960, before “the angry #feminist movement…took the purpose out of the man’s life.” Grothman said that President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s #WaronPoverty was actually a “war on #marriage,” in a #communist attempt to hand control of children over to the government.

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-12-2024?r=rls8&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

A quotation from Johnson, Lyndon:

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This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/johnson-lyndon/18273/

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JC Ryle, evangelical Anglican, writes on medicine. He says some Greeks of the antiquities advanced medicine. But a systematic care for the sick and high esteem of doctors took off with advent of Christianity.

Today, don’t many cultural flash points position Xians on the side against health care systems? What has changed? How is Ryle called an “evangelical”?

What can you do for the sick today?

#christian #waronpoverty #workforjustice #ngo #almsgiving

Martin Luther states that most of the rich and powerful do injustice and oppress the poor. Greater the man, worse the deeds. But he doesn’t call for revolution, or even a minimum wage. He urges nonparticipation and speaking the truth of calling it unrighteousness.

What would world look like if every right-leaning Lutheran at least did this? If every left-leaning Lutheran honored those who at least did this?

#christian #lutheran #goanddolikewise #waronpoverty #defendtheoppressed #sharing

Angus Deaton on inequality: ‘The war on poverty has become a war on the poor’

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2023/oct/07/angus-deaton-interview-book-economics-in-america

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The 6th Amendment is non-negotiable. If the state can't provide an attorney for those who can't afford one, the cases may simply be dismissed. It's a crisis in Maine:
https://news.yahoo.com/system-help-poor-defendants-worsening-090500945.html

#amendments #constitution #constitutionallaw #waronpoverty #criminaljusticereform