return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-23 个月前Is $140,000 the New Poverty Line for Americans?www.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down120
arrow-up1240arrow-down1external-linkIs $140,000 the New Poverty Line for Americans?www.vice.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-23 个月前message-square104fedilink
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 个月前https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Poverty_income_thresholds TL;DR: “The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.”
minus-squareAfaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 个月前Adjusted for inflation using an inflation statistic that does not factor in changes to the price of medical care, housing, or energy.
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 个月前Adjusted for not real adjusted inflation. But like including a gameboy so it feels legitimate.
minus-squareCmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 个月前And what’s not talked about is that food prices have been kept low this entire time via government while the cost of everything else has skyrocketed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Poverty_income_thresholds
TL;DR: “The U.S. poverty line is calculated as three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963, adjusted for inflation.”
Adjusted for inflation using an inflation statistic that does not factor in changes to the price of medical care, housing, or energy.
Adjusted for not real adjusted inflation. But like including a gameboy so it feels legitimate.
And what’s not talked about is that food prices have been kept low this entire time via government while the cost of everything else has skyrocketed.