"21.1 percent of American children are living in poverty, compared with 11.3 percent of German children and just 9.3 percent of Swedish children, even though th

"21.1 percent of American children are living in poverty, compared with 11.3 percent of German children and just 9.3 percent of Swedish children, even though the U.S. is richer on average than either Germany or Sweden." Dishonest. First, the poverty rate for children was 16.2% in 2018 (latest data from https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-266.html https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-26...). Second, the income calculated by Census for this measure doesn't include things like food stamps or housing subsidies (https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-266.html https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2019/demo/p60-26...). If they are included, the poverty rate becomes a lot lower. Increasing spending on social programs that address poverty can have no effect on the poverty rate.