Raised the minimum wage to 75 cents.
An important expansion of the Social Security system increasing benefits by 75 %and extend it to 10 million additional people.
And the National Housing Act of 1949, which provided for the construction of more than 800,000 units of low-income housing, accompanied by long term rent subsidies.
From the book The American Republic Since1877
the fair deal
Fair Deal
Medicare, which is an insurance program, was enacted through a bipartisan vote of Congress, with the support of the administration of President Lyndon Johnson.
Great Society
funds provided by the Federal Emergency Relief Administation Medicaid began in 1965 via Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
what was the most significant social legislation passed by any congress in the history of the US?
Great Society
IT WAS not Lyndon Baines Johnson WHO TOOK OUR MONEY AND PUT IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND. HE did not steal OUR MONEY AND NOW WE HAVE MONEY LEFT AFTER WORKING 60 YEARS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO HAVE A VOTE ABOUT IT. WE NOW GIVE THE MONEY TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER PUT A DIME INTO IT AND ARE NOT EVEN CITIZENS OF THE U.S.A. THANK YOU Republican CONGRESS FOR DESTROYING US.
The Social Security Act (SSA)
The Social Security Act (SSA)
The Social Security Act (SSA)
See the related link for an example of a social affiliate program.