Lyndon
Americannoun
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Jenkins noted that Lyndon Johnson was forced to seek an income surtax in 1968 because he was worried about possible negative reactions in gold and the dollar from the “guns and butter” U.S. policies.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Both of these programs, which were part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society initiative in the 1960s, are designed to prevent poverty and unnecessary death in old age.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
The book includes a 2014 address about Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty, that assortment of programs begun in the mid-1960s—Head Start, Medicaid, expanded food stamps and many others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
She pointed to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, a keystone document on international space law that President Lyndon Johnson signed onto.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
“I know. We went to fifth grade together. At Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary. You were next door, in Mrs. Shaker’s class.”
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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