Analyze the failures of Johnson's great society program?

The Great Society was President Lyndon Johnson's effort to cure social ills, such as racism and poverty, via government programs. Although success was moderate, it needs to be understood that following Johnson's departure, three Republican presidents, Nixon, Ford and Reagan, effectively gutted the program by transferring funds to other programs. During his term of office, the poverty level fell from 22% to 12.5% and federal expenditures on education rose from $4 billion to $12 billion. However, the program was expensive, raising government spending as much as four times as much as it was in 1961.