TL;DR: Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life and qualify to purchase a home. Minimum.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Lyndon Johnson had great plans for the US

I recently learned that Johnson's "Great Society" plan was partially a continuation of Kennedy's "New Frontiers" plan (which he wasn't very successful in pushing through Congress before he was assassinated).

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    LBJ is probably the most WTF President of the 20th Century. He pushed the Civil Rights Act, and created the Vietnam fiasco.

    I like this story. Someone who worked for Kennedy and Johnson put it this way; if JFK came into your office and saw you reading he'd assume you were working. If LBJ saw you reading a book he'd think you were goofing off.

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