May 22, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of LBJ's “Great Society” speech, the most ambitious call to date by any American president to use the powers of government to transform society. So impactful, it is scarcely possible for most citizens today to remember the American way of life before the huge, activist, modern welfare state came into existence.
May 22, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of LBJ's “Great Society” speech, the most ambitious call to date by any American president to use the powers of government to transform society. So impactful, it is scarcely possible for most citizens today to remember the American way of life before the huge, activist, modern welfare state came into existence.