Black Lives Matter, Just Not to Democrat Politicians (Part III, War on Poverty and Welfare State)

(AP Photo) In 1960, 22 percent of black children were in single-parent households. In 1985, 67 were in that condition. By 2015, the number had grown to 77 percent. What happened? Simple. President Lyndon Bains Johnson and his self-styled, “Unconditional War On Poverty.” In 1964, while delivering his annual State of the Union Address to …

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Critical Thinking and Policy: The Wars on Drugs and Poverty

Critical Thinking and Policy: The Wars on Drugs and Poverty In an effective government, the first rule of policy is to set goals and the implementing processes to accomplish them. Politicians and the bureaucracy, however, run the government. The first rule of politicians is to get re-elected. The first rule of bureaucrats is to perpetuate …

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