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“IT SAYS HERE THE ECONOMY NEEDS COOLING OFF”
With four impoverished figures huddling in the snow, Herblock expressed his opinion that the Nixon administration was cool toward the needs of major urban centers in the United States. As the federal government began providing state capitals block grants to combat poverty, some state legislators diverted funds or reduced their internal budgets for cities. Even the president’s own chief advisor on urban affairs, Daniel P. Moynihan, believed the administration needed to double its current spending to deal with the problems of poverty.
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“It Says Here the Economy Needs Cooling Off,” 1969. Published in the Washington Post, December 11, 1969. |