LBJ Great Society Reforms (16 Jan 1964 Jahr – 22 Okt 1966 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

[Programs]
[Food stamp act] expanded fed program to help poor buy food (1964)
[National foundation on the arts & humanities] fed funding for arts/creative/scholarly projects (1965)
[medicare] health insurance for all ppl 65+ (1965)
[medicaid] funds to states to pay for medical care for poor/disabled (1965)
[elementary & secondary education act] fed funds to poor school districts, special ed programs, and $ to expand Head Start preschool program (1965)
[higher education act] fed scholarships for post-secondary education (1965)
[immigration act] abolished discriminatory quotas based on national origins (1965)
[child nutrition act] added breakfasts to school lunch program (1966)
[other funding] ↑ funding for mass transit, public housing, rent subsidies for poor, crime prevention
[↑ environment regulations] on auto industry (safety), clean air/water laws, fed parks/wilderness expanded, Highway Beautification Act (removed billboards from fed roads, led by wife Lady Bird Johnson)
[new cabinet depts] Dept of Transportation (DOT), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
[Evaluating the great society] critics- idealistic, inefficient, costly; supporters- vitally needed assistance to poor, elderly, disabled, etc