Posted: 8/8/2015
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Just watched JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness presented by PBS Secrets of the Dead series. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to go into any details of this video.
I suppose, this video was part of the ongoing celebration of the socialist legislation called Medicare, which passed under LBJ 50 years ago or the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Quick Notes On U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson
I consider him to be next to Theodore Roosevelt, his cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson to be the worst socialist presidents of the 20th century. All these presidents have expanded big government, and big business at the expense of individual liberty, free markets, and federalism. These presidents have enlarged presidential power and authority in unprecedented ways except for Abraham Lincoln.
I would argue that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is another prime example of federal government overreach and federal government taking control of state and local affairs. This struggle for equal voting rights for black americans should have been fought at the state level. This certainly would have taken longer, but it would have been much healthier for individual liberty and federalism in this country!
The brute force and one size fits all solutions coming from the federal government or the U.S. Congress are detrimental to and in violation of the Declaration of Independence.
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