Many explanations have been offered from media bias and neglect to public inattention to successful right wing propaganda. But in today’s NYTimes, Bryce Covert offers something that really rings true for me www.nytimes.com/... Basically, he points out that, during Covid, the US quickly constructed a social safety net that rivaled the best anywhere in the world. As a result child poverty was cut in half. As a result child poverty doubled. This is how people feel when you build a strong social safety net, let people experience it, and then shred it.

Source: New York Times March 13, 2024 16:37 UTC