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The problem with ‘Bidenomics’? It didn’t go far enough.

New census data shows how "Bidenomics" was helping America's working class and poor — until a key anti-poverty program was killed.

In this July 28, 2021, photo, Christina Darling and her sons, Brennan, 4, (left) and Kayden, 10, prepare a snack at home in Nashua, N.H. Darling and her family qualified for the expanded child tax credit, part of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. "Every step closer we get to a livable wage is beneficial. That is money that gets turned around and spent on the betterment of my kids and myself," said Darling, a housing resource coordinator who had been supplementing her $35,000-a-year salary with monthly visits to the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter's food pantry.
In this July 28, 2021, photo, Christina Darling and her sons, Brennan, 4, (left) and Kayden, 10, prepare a snack at home in Nashua, N.H. Darling and her family qualified for the expanded child tax credit, part of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. "Every step closer we get to a livable wage is beneficial. That is money that gets turned around and spent on the betterment of my kids and myself," said Darling, a housing resource coordinator who had been supplementing her $35,000-a-year salary with monthly visits to the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter's food pantry.Read moreElise Amendola / AP
    by Will Bunch | Columnist
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