Child Poverty at Highest Level since Great Recession

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  1. justthefactsma'am

    justthefactsma'am New Member

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    Looks like the GOP's long slog to undermine school lunch programs and after-school childcare and instead focusing on eliminating healthcare for the needy (ACA), closing abortion clinics and denying contraception for subgroups of insured women is paying off in spades. Thanks again to the GOP statehouses across the once-fruited plain.

    According to a new report titled Kids Count Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation:

    A new report on child welfare that found more U.S. children living in poverty than before the Great Recession belies the fanfare of the nation's economic turnaround.
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    States in the South and Southwest continued a steady run at the bottom of the Kids Count rankings for overall child well-being, with issues including economic standing and education.

    Also:

    Midwest on top -Minnesota nabbed the report's top ranking, taking a spot generally reserved for a Northeast state and rounding out the Midwest's strong pattern of supporting children.

    McCarthy said there's not much to make of one state usurping another for a top spot. Instead, he focused on the broader regional patterns: New England and Midwestern states generally occupy the top 10 while the South and Southwest struggle in the bottom rankings.



    Here's hoping we as a people can somehow transcend the GOP's gerrymandering and voter disenfranchisement soon, and try some actual representation in Congress for once.


    On a positive note, the NC General Assembly just passed a good bill, now awaiting the gov's signature.
     
  2. BPman

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    It's hard to support your children when you're standing on the corner all day drinking beer & smokin' crack. :wink:
     
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    zbr6 Banned

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    Neither of these things are actually happening.

    And news flash buddy, your good ol' best pal ol' buddy ol' dear leader Obama has been running the ship for 6 years.

    So if you've got problems with the state of America you go make an appointment with Chief Barry and ask him why hes such a failure.
     
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    Based on that, I wonder how much of this is the "unaccompanied minor" issue or otherwise illegal immigration related?
     

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