“You do not examine legislation in light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.”—Lyndon Johnson
And we can have great confidence that it will be improperly administered.
I strongly suspect that once the Baby Boomers have passed from the scene Johnson will receive a long-overdue and much more favorable reassessment.
Hat tip: Steven Landsburg
Is that really a standard any legislation can meet?
You mean like his Great Society programs were improperly administrated?
I doubt he’ll get a truly positive re-assessment with time, not with the complete disaster that was his Vietnam policy.