And hope is the precious indispensable ingredient without which the war on poverty can never be won.

而希望是不可缺少的宝贵组成部分，没有它，消除贫困的战争就永远不会胜利。

We waged wars on poverty, not poor people.

我们要消灭的是贫穷 不是穷人。

So, 50 years later, how effective was the war on poverty?

那么，50 年后，反贫困战争的效果如何？

Well, he wasn't the first one to want a war on poverty.

好吧，他不是第一个想要向贫困开战的人。

In many ways, the war on poverty was very successful.

在许多方面，脱贫攻坚战都非常成功。

I want to start with you to set the scene. What drove LBJ to undertake a war on poverty?

我想从你开始布景。是什么驱使 LBJ 向贫困宣战？

Well, I think the war on poverty has had some success.

好吧，我认为反贫困战争取得了一些成功。

And in 1963, he was talking about having a war on poverty in his second term.

1963 年，他谈到要在他的第二个任期内向贫困开战。

To help provide jobs and rewarding work, that's really the best war on poverty.

帮助提供工作和有回报的工作，这确实是对贫困最好的宣战。

Kennedy was talking about a war on poverty. And Johnson said, that's my kind of program.

肯尼迪正在谈论一场与贫困的战争。约翰逊说，那是我喜欢的节目。

Johnson launched the War on Poverty, a series of bills designed to help the poor. But his efforts to pay for social programs and a war overseas led to inflation.

约翰逊发起了反贫困战争，这是一系列旨在帮助穷人的法案。但是，他为社会项目和海外战争买单，导致了通货膨胀。

The book was credited with helping to inspire the national " War on Poverty" that President Lyndon Johnson launched a couple of years later.

这本书被认为有助于激发林登约翰逊总统在几年后发起的全国“反贫困战争”。

And so he gave that famous speech, State of the Union, part of theState of the Union, that he was declaring a war on poverty.

因此，他发表了著名的国情咨文演讲，这是国情咨文的一部分，他向贫困宣战。

Certainly, poverty among the elderly has declined sharply over this period. And, in fact, poverty would have been much worse without the programs of the war on poverty.

当然，在此期间，老年人的贫困率急剧下降。事实上，如果没有向贫困开战的计划，贫困会更加严重。