DEMOCRATS USED
TO DREAM BIG.
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS
MEDICARE
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT
ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
CLEAN AIR ACT
WILDERNESS PRESERVATION ACT
PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION ACT
TAX REDUCTION ACT
PROJECT HEAD START
METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT ACT
OMNIBUS HOUSING ACT
FAIR PACKAGING & LABELING ACT
WATER QUALITY ACT
IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1965
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
MEDICAID
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT
HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT
SNAP EXPANSION
SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
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Different bills make up the Great Society programs, passed by Congress between 1965-66.
Each bill helped to establish bedrock programs aimed at fighting poverty, reducing inequality and tackling racial injustice.
50%
Of American families living below the poverty line in 1963 were lifted out of poverty over just the course of seven years, largely thanks to the Great Society.
74%
Of voters on average still hold highly favorable views of the programs created and expanded under the Great Society, like Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, SNAP, and public broadcasting.
KFF Health | First Five Years Fund | Data for Progress | Corporation for Public Broadcasting
THE PROBLEM WE SEE
THESE PROGRAMS ARE UNDER ATTACK.
Every Republican President since Ronald Reagan has attempted to deliver fatal blows to every single one of these overwhelmingly popular programs and initiatives.
Trump's Big Bill will initiate nearly half a trillion dollars in cuts to Medicare, and a nearly 15% cut to Medicaid - the biggest cuts to the Great Society in decades.
DEMOCRATS LACK ANY REAL VISION.
The bold, forward-thinking and relentlessly aggressive approach to politics once shared by many in the Democratic Party has been replaced by an unhealthy addiction to pragmatism and self-defeating compromise.
We are living in an era where our opponents have been playing by a different set of rules for more than a decade - so why are we still stuck in the past?
WHAT WE PLAN TO DO
ELECT LEADERS WITH VISION
There is a new generation of leaders who are emerging all across the country with a fresh perspective on the economic solutions needed to address the institutional rot facing our country. We will find these leaders, lift them up, and platform their campaigns to a national audience.
FIGHT THOSE WHO STAND IN THE WAY
We will not shy away from going after the entrenched politicians who allowed for the present conditions to become as bad as they are. We will take on incumbents in both parties, for the sake of paving a path forward for a new, bold economic vision for our country.
WASHINGTON
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COLORADO
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FLORIDA
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MARYLAND
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