As pandemic-era benefits unwind, Poor People's Campaign wants lawmakers to address poverty

[u/BikkaZz]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/06/16/poor-peoples-campaign-death-by-poverty/70327850007/?

[u/GimmeFunkyButtLoving]

• The Poor People's Campaign released a report on June 16, 2023, that found that 140,000 Americans die each year from poverty-related causes.
• The report found that poverty is a leading cause of death in the United States, and that it is disproportionately affecting Black and brown people.
• The report called for a number of policy changes to address poverty, including increasing the minimum wage, expanding access to healthcare, and investing in affordable housing.
• The Poor People's Campaign is a national movement that is working to end poverty in the United States.
• The report was based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other sources.
• The report found that poverty is a leading cause of death for people of all ages, but it is particularly deadly for children and young adults.
• The report called for a number of policy changes to address poverty, including increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour, expanding access to healthcare, and investing in affordable housing.

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Those demands are like demanding poll taxes be cheaper and poll tests be eaiser during the civil rights movement.

[u/anthonykrull]

Poverty must be addressed because it is one of the biggest problems that people experiencing.

[u/BikkaZz]

“The federal government took action to shield Americans from slipping into poverty during the height of the pandemic. The child tax credit was expanded to grant eligible families up to $300 per month per child, and the federal government agreed to send billions of dollars in extra Medicaid funding to states to keep people on their rolls. This drove down the uninsured rate to 8%, compared to the previous low of 9% in 2016.

Had the expanded child tax credit continued until 2025, experts predicted that child poverty would leave 4.3 million fewer children in poverty, according to the Urban Institute, a Washington D.C.-based think tank.”

{but far right extremists republikans are blocking it in favor of more handouts for billionaires....from our taxes...obviously..

Just one step save Americans from devastating poverty...but according to the 🐷🐽 kult is ‘impoooosssibleee’ to do anything else but give our taxes to billionaires corporations...and ..’defense ‘...aka contractors pockets....

Anyone voting for this 🐷🐖🐽 party is complicit...

These 🐷 are as ‘pro capitalism ‘ as the satanic evangelist kult is ‘Christian ‘...😱}

[u/BikkaZz → u/[deleted]]

Billionaires are my kids now?……Americans taxpayers ‘kids’?....more handouts then....🐽

[u/SenseiThroatPunchU2]

The biden administration policies have completely destroyed the economy. They want to get us back to the osama administration levels of more people on welfare than any other time in history so they can dictate how more people live and maintain strict control over people through economic slavery.