Children aren’t old enough to vote, so they’re not a political constituency; they aren’t old enough to work, therefore they have no financial leverage. As a consequence they are treated as little more than collateral damage within a system that thinks business is the bottom line.
In December 2021, child poverty was 12.1 percent. By January 2022, it had increased 4.9 points, to 17 percent.
This is a catastrophe. No child should grow up in poverty. That is the bare minimum in a country as rich as America.
Feb 17, 2022 · 11:40 PM UTC
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