Child Poverty Skyrockets Under Michigan Emergency Manager Law

In the spirit of the kickoff for National Child Abuse Propaganda Month, which commences, appropriately on April 1st, I would like to take this time to introduce the theme for 2016 by honoring the lawmakers who make state laws which abuse and neglect children for the profit of privatized contracts of non-profits which are then funneled, under the darkness of 501c3s, for the purposes of funding political campaigns to keep the status quo, you know.

Our poster child for the 2016 child abuse propaganda month is, of course, the one and only Rick Snyder, who, in my own personal beliefs, was simply given really jacked up advice from a group of nefariously greedy, sanctimoniously arrogant, financial stakeholders, in the name of God...like Maura Corrigan,
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Welcome to the official kick-off of National Child Abuse Propaganda Month!

Before you read the independent task force report on the Flint crisis, I would like to remind the

readers that child poverty in Michigan, during the tenure of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, has substantially increased, specifically in Detroit and Flint, under the his, now, infamous, emergency manager law and the gutting of the Earned Income Tax Credit, just to name a few.

This administration needs to be held accountable for the promulgation of policies which abuse and neglect children.

Actually, the entire nation needs to held accountable for the more than 16 million children who live in poverty, and the other more than 20 million children who live just a dollar more above the poverty thresholds, in juvenile detention facilities, foster care and the ones who live in the shadows of the streets and remain uncounted.

These children will eventually grow up to become adults, if they are lucky.

Report: Child poverty rate climbs in Metro Detroit

Child poverty is on the rise, with all three Metro Detroit counties showing an increase over the past eight years, according to data released Monday by the Michigan League for Public Policy.

The data, published in the Kids Count in Michigan Data Book 2016, revealed that Macomb County had the biggest jump among counties between 2006 and 2014, with an 8 percent increase.

In Detroit, child poverty increased 13 percent during the same period. That reflected roughly 94,000 children up to age 17 living in poverty, or 57 percent of the total child population.

Overall, child poverty went up in 80 of 83 Michigan counties, according to the data.

Task force slams Flint crisis, demands review of emergency manager law

Flint Snyder Task Force Report by Detroit Free Press

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