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

    I’m not saying I wish covid was worse, but maybe if it’s been like a little worse we could of got single payer healthcare?.. I dunno I really thought that was going to make it obvious how much better that’d be.

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      1 year ago

      I know what you are saying. These folks were actively asking for the 2% of Grandma’s and immunocompromised to be sacrificed for the greater good. Maybe if they saw their ERs shut down in the suburbs and country line they did in the city, they would take it more seriously