In the 1960’s, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed a War on Poverty. In the 1980’s the pillars of poverty alleviation were removed in favor of a “trickle-down economic theory” that govt policy advocating for corporate wealth would “lift all boats.”

After 40 years the jury is in: Trickle down economics didn’t lift all boats, it left millions of people without even a life vest. No real income inequality in the 1970s; now, 1% of all Americans own more wealth than the bottom 90%. 93 million Americans in poverty or near poverty.