halcyoncmdr comments on EUrope vs USA comparison

submitted 9 months ago by Guillaume@jlai.lu to c/etatsunis@jlai.lu

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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 5 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

The image literally says "below 50% of median income" right next to that. Not an artificially defined raw number subject to things like inflation.

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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

So apples to apples, using the EU stat for poverty in the US, the poverty rate in the US is 48%

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[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 9 months ago*

That sounds about right for a real world rate.

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