Biden built the strongest safety net in U.S. history. Now it's collapsing around him.
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The child poverty rate more than doubled in 2022 as Covid-era aid programs expired, erasing major economic gains for the poorest Americans.

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

  • SCB@lemmy.world
    411·
    1 year ago

    Capitalists will always view the uplift of their captive labor market as a bad thing.

    I’m a neoliberal capitalist pig and I love uplifting the poor. I literally dedicated my life to it. I fully support just straight up handing the poor money.

    You’ll also note Joe Biden is a capitalist pig-dog too, and literally fought for this program

    Keeping workers stuck in a cycle of poverty is how late-stage capitalism operates most efficiently for the ruling class.

    This is the opposite of the truth.