January 4, 1965
It was on this date that President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texas Democrat with ties to the oil industry, unveils his “Great Society” initiative to the American people, a plan for government action that was the largest expansion of the welfare state since The New Deal. Speaking to an overwhelmingly Democratic Congress - the Republicans were o…
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