It’s Now Clearer Than Ever: The US Is Choosing to Impoverish Children

Census data released Tuesday shows that 12.4 percent of all American children were living in poverty last year .

That was up from 5.2 percent in 2021 .

The US has just experienced the largest spike in child poverty since the current models for measuring economic distress were developed in 2009 .

When child poverty rises, so, too, does the overall poverty rate.

In 1933 , when FDR took office, the unemployment rate in the US was close to 25 percent .

After eight years of federal interventions by FDR and his allies, it was down to around 10 percent when World War II began.

Addressing one of the key drivers of poverty among the elderly, medical costs, was a huge factor in the drop.