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In reply to the discussion: Something that will please some and maybe displease others [View all]Autumn
(46,743 posts)25. We know what party "often tries" raise the minimum wage. Democrats.
Maybe "try "isn't good enough anymore. I know we are retired couldn't live on $15 dollars an hour. and our home, which is the biggest expense most people have, is paid for. Could you live on $15 an hour? Child poverty went to record lows in 2021, the pandemic ended in 2022 and it went went back up .
This increase follows the expiration of most of the COVID-era programs that resulted in unprecedented reductions in child poverty. The new Census data highlight the critical role of pandemic-era social safety net expansions in the dramatic decrease in child poverty rates in 2020 and 2021. Despite high rates of unemployment during the pandemic,
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-million-more-children-experienced-poverty-in-2022-than-in-2021-following-expiration-of-covid-era-economic-relief
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Mazlow's heirarchy. Food will always be more important than morality or respecting others.
Hellbound Hellhound
Nov 8
#11
As a single person I make $20k a year more than the average family income in my state
Fish700
Nov 8
#41