Turns out an awful lot of US politicians see no problem with kids going hungry

…Republicans – the party that loves loudly proclaiming how "pro-life" they are and how much they care about family values – are largely to blame for the CTC expiring. Every single Republican in congress opposed extending the CTC. Joe Manchin, a supposed Democrat, also helped kill the program; he reportedly told colleagues that he worried that parents would waste the money they were being given on drugs. Did he have any evidence for this? No, of course not. In fact, studies show that 91% of households making less than $35,000 a year used the money to pay for food, shelter, clothing and other necessities…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/16/child-poverty-politicians-week-in-patriarchy