[OHelix]

I'm not exactly sure who determines the poverty level, but it is the same system that has been in use for a long time. I also believe it is the same everywhere except Hawaii and Alaska where it is double everywhere else.

[Gabz]

That is my problem with the entire concept of "poverty level."

My husband and I are not wealthy by any stretch of the imagination, and at times do live paycheck to paycheck....but we are comfortable. But there is no way we could live on our current income if we lived even in a suburb of a city like Philadelphia or Baltimore, let alone NYC.

And all of this reminds me that he didn't take the tax papers with him this morning to drop off at the accountant's office.........

[phil_will1]

"I'm not exactly sure who determines the poverty level..."

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