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Thread: 56 years ago, LBJ declared #WarOnPoverty to help people our economy leaves behind, & those on whose backs it’s built. Today those programs help millions of children, seniors, people too sick to work & people whose employers don’t pay a decent wage. bit.ly/LBJ_SOU
Those programs are some of the best tools we have for pooling our resources to build an America that works for everyone. Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and the food stamp program now known as SNAP all got started thanks to Johnson’s declaration.

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We all deserve to lead healthy lives. #Medicare and #Medicaid help more than 4 million Ohioans afford healthcare, making up for some—but not nearly all—of the private sector’s failure to meet the needs of the people. bit.ly/PubSecHealthIns

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Gov. Kasich expanded Medicaid under the #ACA, giving health coverage to 700K more Ohioans. Now the Trump administration & some Ohio lawmakers want to go backwards w/ reporting requirements that will push people out of the program. bit.ly/HarmfulMCReqs

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Every kid deserves a bright future. That starts with high-quality early education. Through #HeadStart, we invested more than $340M in nearly 35,000 Ohio kids living in poverty in 2018. bit.ly/PubSecChildCare

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When people can’t afford to eat, the economy is broken—no matter how good things are at the top of the food chain. 1.7M Ohioans regularly don’t get enough to eat, including 500K+ kids. #SNAP puts food on families’ tables when times are tough. bit.ly/PubSecFood

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We must #ProtectSNAP. A new Trump administration rule would deny food aid to 700K Americans. The proposal could cost 4M ppl at least some of their food aid, including 300K Ohioans. bit.ly/NewSNAPCuts

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#WarOnPoverty programs have made our country and our people stronger. Without LBJ’s famous declaration, more people would be sick and hungry. More kids would be unprepared for school. More people would live in poverty. bit.ly/CBPP_EconSec

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