You Were Born in the Wrong Country
The US does a terrible job of keeping its children out of poverty — especially compared to other industrialized nations.
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America has a child poverty problem.
According to the latest data, 20 percent of US children live in families with incomes below 50 percent of the national median income. Compare that to Nordic countries, where the same number ranges from 3.6 percent to 6.7 percent.
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