Califano's main argument was that all aspects of the Great Society greatly helped a large amount of Americans across the nation, not just in certain areas. Sowell's main argument is that although liberals believed the Great Society was fantastic, it is being used for no good. Califano's evidence is that the Great Society decreased the amount of Americans in poverty, increased student loans, funded education, provided health insurance, and gave everyone the power to be heard in politics. Sowell's evidence is that rates of teen pregnancy and murder had been down for years, but the bill had made them skyrocket. He argued that the wage gap and poverty line for African Americans had been decreasing as well, but the Great Society made them go back
