Posted on 09/17/2023 2:23:45 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
New Census figures reveal a troubling trend. After tumbling in 2021, poverty spiked sharply in 2022. Despite steady job growth, the Supplemental Poverty Measure jumped 4.6 points, from 7.8 to 12.4 percent.
That’s a historic, nearly 60 percent increase just one year after the measure reached a record low. And the rate for children more than doubled, from 5.2 percent in 2021 to 12.4 percent in 2022.
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Congress needs to get out of the way and stop causing problems.
If one is honest almost all of the really big problems facing the USA originate or are exacerbated by Washington. The solution to those problems is not more Washington, but far, far less.
We need keep those borders open, and have more wars in foreign lands that cost hundreds of billions and trillions, like Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq...
Article full of lies! They really think we’re stupid and can’t or won’t look this up! Trump tax cuts will only raise $31B when they expire. Btw where’s the extra revenue,$60B, the IRA was supposed to bring in?
That would also reduce housing costs.
Absolutely. Most Americans don’t want to live 22 to a house either.
Increase wages as well.
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