The U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday that poverty rates have spiked, more than doubling among children. However, the White House is determined to assign blame anywhere other than Bidenomics. Rather than recognizing that rampant inflation has had a massive impact on families who couldn’t afford basic grocery items like eggs last year, the Biden administration is blaming congressional Republicans.

The Supplemental Poverty Measure increased from 7.8 percent to 12.4 percent between 2021 and 2022, marking the first time the number has seen an increase since 2010, the bureau noted. The poverty rate among children went up from 5.6 percent to 12.4 percent in the same period.

The White House argued that Republicans’ refusal to support expanding the Child Tax Credit has inevitably led to the rise in poverty, saying, “The rise reported today in child poverty is no accident—it is the result of a deliberate policy choice congressional Republicans made to block help for families.” (READ MORE: The Impending Doom of Bidenomics)

That narrative fails to mention that many COVID-relief programs were masking underlying issues with the economy: America’s credit card debt topped $1 trillion in August, and inflation remains stubbornly high. Meanwhile, Americans will also be required to restart payments on their credit card loans in October for the first time in three years.

Unfortunately, masking the problems with Bidenomics doesn’t fix them.

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