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Cut income tax rates up to 30% with the greatest cuts going to lower-income Americans.
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This act created the Jobs Corps, VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America), and eight other programs to fight the "war on poverty."
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Outlawed discrimination in housing, employment, and public accommodation authorized federal government to enforce desegregation.
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Protected 9.1 million acres of national forest from development.
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Provided aid to school systems based on number of students from low-income homes.
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Provided housing for low-income Americans.
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Established Medicare and Medicaid.
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Ended the requirement that voters pass literacy tests and and allowed federal supervision of voter registration.
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Required states to clean up rivers and lakes.
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Established exhaust emission standards for new motor vehicles.
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Provided scholarships and low-interest loans for college students.
