Edits to post #25260306 by SadisticMonkey
Edited at 2014-10-10 19:25:35
At 10/10/14 08:24 AM, ChloeFlora wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_poorest_places_in_the_United_States
Moreover in 2013 there were 16% people living under the poverty rate (which was just 1 percent less than in 1958). Now the poverty rates raised up to 29% just in a year (thanx to Oba and his social programs)
Unfortunately it would be harder to find a link, cause I've done a research myself and now can't find the sources!
The way poverty is defined in the US makes it a measure of income equality rather than absolute living standards. It certainly is not comparable to global definitions of poverty.
The fact that a certain number of Americans is 'below the poverty line' is no indication that most of them are literally struggling to survive, let alone 'dying' en masse.
At 10/10/14 08:24 AM, ChloeFlora wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_poorest_places_in_the_United_States
Moreover in 2013 there were 16% people living under the poverty rate (which was just 1 percent less than in 1958). Now the poverty rates raised up to 29% just in a year (thanx to Oba and his social programs)
Unfortunately it would be harder to find a link, cause I've done a research myself and now can't find the sources!
The way poverty is defined in the US makes it a measure of income equality rather than absolute living standards. It certainly is not comparable to global definitions of poverty.
The fact that a certain number of Americans are 'below the poverty line' is no indication that most of them are literally struggling to survive, let alone 'dying' en masse.
