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No Accident Poverty Just Jumped
Spiked after lawmakers let antipoverty programs expire
https://inequality.org/research/poverty-spike

* 60% incr. 2021-2022 b/c politicians allowed proven income support programs to expire
* frising prices, low wages, high rents, broken healthcare system
* w/o safety net/level playing field, financial security often out of reach for families

Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Statistics: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2023/income-poverty.html

#GOP #GOPmenace #poverty #ChildPoverty #HumanRights #inflation