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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 07:04 PM Original message |
Is the "Poverty Line" a line in the sand? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Federal Poverty level |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 07:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hard to quantify, but are those under the Poverty Level better off? |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. No. Those in poverty are NOT better off. |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I meant better off relative to where we were in 1966 and |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. NO |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know the statistics, but obesity sure doesn't prove anything. |
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MyUncle (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I agree, but in some places in this world poverty is starving. |
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GreenArrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. only in America could you have the concept of "junk food" |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. We have made some progress with malnutrition over the decades. |
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expatriate (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. It is entirely possible to be morbidly obese |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. You are right. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. 2005 HHS Poverty Guidelines |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. The poverty line is complete crap |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. The "hidden America". Don't expect real numbers. |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Excellent point! |
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