What was the Great Society?
1 Answer
A Welfare Program
Explanation:
The Great Society pursued the evolution introduced by the New Deal of FDR in the thirties. It gave the federal government a greater involvement in the economy and in society. It was also aimed at reducing poverty by contrasting with the traditional market economy that had prevailed before.
Johnson's Great Society was also the continuation of Kennedy's New Frontier, since it aimed at reducing poverty. It was based on Keynesian economics.
The federal programs Medicare and Medicaid, which helped respectively elderly people(over65) and poor people to get Health Care. Its proponents claim that it helped decrease poverty.
Its opponents assert that it brought additional taxes and that authentic market economy is better to run the economy
