To Care or Not to Care?

“We’re in favor of a lot of things, and we’re against mighty few!” – Lyndon B. Johnson, September 28, 1964

That exclamation that Lyndon Johnson made in an impromptu campaign talk through a bullhorn after climbing on top of his car in Providence, Rhode Island has long seemed to me to epitomize the positive, can-do, outlook of the Democratic Party at its best. It contrasts completely with the outlook of today’s MAGA “Republicans,” who are against a lot of good things and in favor of mighty few.

What were arguably the two crowning achievements of Johnson’s Great Society, the Social Security Amendments creating Medicare and Medicaid and the Voting Rights Act, were signed into law a week apart, the former on July 30 and the latter on August 6, 1965. The sixtieth anniversaries of those accomplishments are upon us.

They provide an opportunity to discuss the radically different visions of Democrats, both then and now, and MAGA “Republicans” today on what the United States should be.

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