The child poverty rate more than doubled in 2022 as Covid-era aid programs expired, erasing major economic gains for the poorest Americans.

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    1 year ago

    Yet another democrat “we’d love to but…” When will people learn that Manchin switching sides is all part of the play? Lieberman did the same to nerf the ACA. When democrats get a majority, it’s always by a small enough margin that you can pay a couple of people off to switch sides. Then with the tiniest of temporary victories, democrats can still claim “this is the greatest mostest bestest amazingest progressivest president in US history” which sounds impressive until you see the reality. It’s a baby rattle that distracts the dumbest diehard democrat fans who think democrats actually intend to make progress. Meanwhile the rest just vote democrat because they’re not republicans, but we’re not stupid enough to think it’ll make a difference in this crooked system.