The "Great Society" has not worked and it's put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don't have food stamps. If you look at China, they're in a very different situation. They save for their own retirement security... They don't have the modern welfare state and China's growing. And so what I would do is look at the programs that LBJ gave us with the Great Society and they'd be gone.


CBS Republican Debate, 2011-11-12, quoted in Sarlin, Benjy (12 November 2011), "Bachmann: America Should Be Less Socialist… Like China", Talking Points Memo, retrieved on 2011-11-14 - 2012 Presidential campaign

Michele Bachmann Quotes

The Great Society has not worked and it's put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don't have food stamps. If you look at...

The Great Society has not worked and it's put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don't have food stamps. If you look at...

The Great Society has not worked and it's put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don't have food stamps. If you look at...

The Great Society has not worked and it's put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don't have food stamps. If you look at...