The Great Society program was spearheaded by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. In his State of the Union address,President Johnson outlined the series of domestic programs that would eliminate poverty and inequality in the United States of America. Out of 252 legislative requests made by the President, only 226 were implemented after his term.
The remaining unimplemented programs will then be pushed towards the next administration until such time that poverty and inequality is the United States of America is eliminated.