President Obama
Barak Obama would love to see this program continue!
Barack Obama
Barack Obama actually, it was JFK who began the Peace Core.
It was a phrase used in President Kennedy's 1960's acceptance speech used to inspire the American people to support and vote for him.
As president, Kennedy urged Congress to pass laws to help the millions of americans living in poverty.
Office of Economic Opportunity
More than 20% of Americans still lived in poverty in the 1950's
One in Six Americans live in Poverty
. They felt that fighting poverty was an important step toward improving the status of African Americans
He added it to a bill calling for dramatic tax cuts for middle class Americans
Yes- Johnson did declare a war on poverty, using his terminology. It could be considered as a campaign against economic deprivation, which is not much different from poverty.
In 2008-2009 the median annual income was only $33,132.00 and 24% of Native Americans live in poverty.