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cat enthusiast. 5x jeopardy applicant. public health guy. prev @ cdc. personal account. reposts ≠ endorsements. all opinions are my own minus any bad ones
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i will never forgive joe manchin for this. he had a clear choice, and he chose child poverty

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US child poverty rate 2021: 5.2% 2022: 12.4% 2023: 13.7% New data from the Census Bureau: stephensemler.substack.com/p/us-child-p...

U.S. child poverty has nearly tripled since 2021. In 2019, the child poverty rate was 12.6 percent; in 2020, 9.7; in 2021, 5.2; in 2022, 12.4; in 2023, 13.7. Data: U.S. Census Bureau, “Poverty in the United States: 2023,” September 2024. Figures refer to SPM poverty rates.
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Im with you on all that, but Biden deserves blame for enabling him. Manchin wanted the infrastructure bill badly, but Biden did an about-face and agreed to split it from BBB. In other words, he gave away the bribe for free. stephensemler.substack.com/p/why-isnt-t...

Delinking the reconciliation and infrastructure bills cost $1.7 trillion in climate, health, and social programs. After House Dems reneged on their promise to pass the two bills in tandem, the reconciliation bill was cut from $2.2 trillion to $0.4 trillion. This table compares the Build Back Better Act to the Inflation Reduction Act. Figures in billions of dollars: Climate, 560 to 369; child care and universal pre-K, 380 to 0; paid family/medical leave, 205 to 0; expanded child tax credit, 190 to 0; affordable housing, 175 to 0; medicaid home/community care, 150 to 0; ACA subsidies, 120 to 64; immigration reform, 110 to 0; education/workforce aid, 40 to 0; medicare hearing, 35 to 0; other, 190 to 4. Figures via CBO, CRFB, Joint Committee on Taxation, and Senate reports.
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Manchin and all the Republicans.

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Manchin is a scumbag. Him and Sinema are the worst DINOs in history

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legislative politics and lawmaker legacies can be complex, layered, and nuanced. this wasn’t.

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sean
@publichealth.bsky.social
cat enthusiast. 5x jeopardy applicant. public health guy. prev @ cdc. personal account. reposts ≠ endorsements. all opinions are my own minus any bad ones
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