>> maybe we should do our best to put money in the pockets of the poorest people (regardless of the cost) and create the postwar great society that JFK and LBJ

>> maybe we should do our best to put money in the pockets of the poorest people (regardless of the cost) and create the postwar great society that JFK and LBJ were championing That's the exact opposite of what LBJ was championing. He stated that his "War on Poverty" was meant to shrink the number of people on welfare, not increase it. Referring to poor people, LBJ said he wanted to "make taxpayers out of them instead of tax-eaters". The war on poverty was not intended to be a forever war.