By: TimWorstall
“But the poverty count itself defines poverty as pre-tax money income from all sources being less than the poverty line. There is nothing in the definition about people who would have been poor but for...
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Felix, “living in poverty” is an arbitrary distinction. You might as well define it according to the official government measure, as that at least gives you a reasonable picture of short-term trends,...
View ArticleBy: FelixSalmon
Tim, flevy, what’s the best source of information on the number of Americans who are actually living in poverty?
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I believe the first comment on poverty numbers is half right/half wrong. The commenter, TimWorstall, is right when he says that the income used to measure poverty is money income only and does not...
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Inciteful or insightful? Good work either way, Dan Hess. :) Agreed with y2kurtus that our social net is livable. The biggest obstacle to “upward mobility” is the work ethic and discipline necessary to...
View ArticleBy: Citoyen
What does that mean, “socialist in nature”? ETA is crazy in nature, too. But it exists to create a separate home for Basques, so it should be categorized as a separatist movement.
View ArticleBy: y2kurtus
You know you’re still doing a great job Felix as long as commenters like TimWorstall, DanHess and numerous others take the time to post inciteful commentary on your pages. Tim’s point about our social...
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It should be noted that the Basque separatist movement in Europe (where all those separatist terror numbers are coming from) is socialist in nature. This brings the European terror totals to 277 on the...
View ArticleBy: REDruin
The Bloomberg post takes me to a YouTube sign in screen, not an active post or video, Felix. ==Bob D.
View ArticleBy: TimWorstall
“There are 43.6 million Americans living in poverty” No, there aren’t. Everyone always gets this wrong every time the US poverty statistics come out. And it’s very damn annoying. The number under the...
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