Opposition to the Great Society by LBJ could be found in first Barry Goldwater who would run against the ideas of the Great Society. In later years the Great Society would be scorned by arguing that poverty couldn't be "papered over" with greenbacks, though he would win several noteworthy battles against it. Opposition to the Great Society became even greater as soaring war costs sucked tax dollars into the military machine and the Vietnam War became even more unpopular.

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