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rbobjones69 6 points ago +6 / -0

"The poverty rate, meanwhile, fell to 10.5% last year, a record low, with 4.2 million Americans lifted out of poverty last year, the largest decrease in poverty since 1966."

  1. Wasn't that the start of the great society programs? Trump did it with capitalism! Johnson did it with government giveaways.
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edxzxz 3 points ago +3 / -0

1966 economy was more likely where JFK's massive tax cuts started getting traction.

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rbobjones69 4 points ago +4 / -0

Vietnam war spending also factors in.