[tcostell]

The study said that child poverty - defined as the percentage of children living in homes with incomes below 50 per cent of the national median - remains above the 15 per cent mark in Britain, the US and Ireland, as well as Spain, Portugal and Italy.

The bottom 2% in the US still live better than 90% of the global population.

This study is just a waste.

[Rummenigge]

" The bottom 2% in the US still live better than 90% of the global population "


That's probably wrong.

[Mad Dawgg]

"The bottom 2% in the US still live better than 90% of the global population."

Yeah, I always laugh when someone applies the term "poor" to American citizens living in the USA.

"Street people" in the USA still have more resources available to them (Free by both government and private sources) than most of the folks in the rest of the world.

When someone starts in on some rant about the "poor" in the USA I quickly point out that we don't truly have "poor" people (folks who most likely won't make it to their 25th birthday cuz they will die of starvation) we just have folks who have "less money" than others.

"poor" in the USA means you can only afford one car and basic cable.

"Poor" in most African nations means you will most likely die very young from starvation or complications from severe malnutrition.