Trump Wants Welfare in America Ended
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By: Stephen Lendman
stephenlendman.org
During the Great Depression, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) provided financial help to children of low or no-income families.
The program later provided significant federal and state funding to needy families. Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty established the Office of Economic Opportunity, administering federal funds to aid impoverished Americans.
It was part of his Great Society, expanding on FDR’s New Deal, including establishment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 – essential programs, along with Social Security, targeted for elimination by cutting their benefits.
Social Security is weakened by way understating inflation, paying less to eligible recipients than they’d get otherwise.
During the neoliberal 90s, the...