This one-page Economic Policy Institute snapshot offers a look at child poverty in industrialized nations with similar economies before and after government support; it finds that without government assistance, the United States ranks among the top four countries with the highest rates of child poverty. More troubling is that after government assistance is considered, the United States has higher child poverty rates than other developed nations. That doesn’t mean government support should be tossed out with the bathwater; it means that the most effective programs need to be able to reach more children and families. The chart makes the picture hard to ignore.

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