This week makes the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the legislation that enacted his “war on poverty” into law. During his remarks in the Rose Garden on that morning of August 20, 1964, LBJ said: “we will reach into all the pockets of poverty and help our people find their footing for a long climb toward a better way of life.” That climb has turned out to be steeper than LBJ or anyone else might have imagined. Today 46 million Americans live below the poverty line compared to 30 million Americans when Johnson was in office. Renewed presidential leadership is needed and awaited to complete the journey.
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