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ReBOOO!cca Vallas 🎃 @rebeccavallas
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Later this morning, @uscensusbureau will release its annual report on poverty for 2017.

We expect a slight downtick in the U.S. poverty rate—which is without question good news.

But if Trump tries to take credit, he deserves to be laughed out of the room.

(Here’s why.)
@uscensusbureau Any good news for struggling workers is thanks to Trump’s FAILURE to impose much of his policy agenda (AKA a how-to guide for massively increasing poverty & hardship):

- dismantling food assistance
- tripling the poorest families’ rents
- stripping jobless workers of Medicaid
@uscensusbureau In fact, analysis by my colleagues @rwest817 & @kfgrobbins found that if just *three* of Trump’s draconian cuts to programs that help families make ends meet had been in place in 2015, 2.3 MILLION more Americans would have been poor. americanprogress.org/issues/poverty…
@uscensusbureau @rwest817 @kfgrobbins Meanwhile, it's barely been 2 months since the Trump administration issued a sweeping denial of poverty and hunger in America, gaslighting the very real hardship faced by millions:
@uscensusbureau @rwest817 @kfgrobbins Quick reminder of how everyday workers are faring in the Trump economy:

- Nearly half of U.S. households can’t afford basics like food, housing & health care

- 4 in 10 U.S. adults don’t have even $400 in the bank

- 40 million Americans are struggling to put food on the table
@uscensusbureau @rwest817 @kfgrobbins The real winners in the Trump economy? Wealthy corporations and the ultra-rich—with corporate profits near an all-time high, and a record $1 TRILLION in stock buybacks expected this year.
Follow along for updates throughout the day -- but here's your required reading in the meantime, via my colleagues @rwest817 @kfgrobbins @mboteach 👇 americanprogress.org/issues/poverty… /more soon....
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