Bfgrn
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Poor JFK, he never had any idea (though he probably should have) that he would be succeeded by someone who would start an unwinnable war on poverty, call it Great Society, and sow the first seeds of irresponsibility and dependence.
Kennedy's famous words invoke only smirks and derision, nowadays.
The War on Poverty was a New Frontier idea. President John F. Kennedy launched the proposal for a "war on poverty"