In
1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson persuaded
Congress to pass the Anti-Poverty Act. Johnson stated that it was
the first step in his war on poverty. The overall strategy was to
help people to "climb out of poverty and stay out". The
act provided
$947.5 million dollars for job training centres, loans to poor students
and low-income farmers, and basic education programs. Opponents of
the legislation included Barry Goldwater,
the Republican
Party candidate for
the presidency, who claimed it was an "election-year bid for
votes".
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