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To: grobdriver

IN the USA, by definition, “Poverty” is a constant: The lower 20% of all incomes.
Doesn’t matter what you have, how well you live, etc. If you are in the lower 20% of US incomes, you are in “poverty.”


18 posted on 04/08/2014 9:06:53 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Little Ray

Some 87% of the world’s population lives below the US “poverty line”.
Half the world’s population lives on less than $2/day.
If you’re doing better than 9 out of 10 people on the planet, or even just half, you’re not poor.

Author makes good categories. “Destitution” and “want” are poor; “hardship” and “relative deprivation” are not.

Haiti has poverty, as there is nowhere near enough natural resources to support the population, and moving elsewhere is nigh unto impossible for most. Here, the problem isn’t resources, it’s the will to survive.


24 posted on 04/08/2014 1:44:12 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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