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Reason
John Stossel

The Government's Wars on Poverty and Drugs Had Good Intentions—but Bad Results

Government makes most things worse.

President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a war on poverty; President Richard Nixon a war on drugs.

Both had good intentions, but their "wars" do more harm than good.

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