50 Years of the War on Poverty: CFI’s Kathy White on KGNU
Posted January 9, 2014 by Caitlin Schneider
It’s been 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty. But what exactly did the U.S. do and how successful has it been? Kathy White, deputy director of the Colorado Fiscal Institute, talks to Maeve Conran on KGNU’s Morning Magazine about gains for the poor in the last five decades and what’s been happening to the safety net lately. White also explains what the situation is in Colorado.
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