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Poorly researched article, no citations and the numbers that are provided are grossly misleading. Ex: >40 million Americans live in poverty, while 50 million
by aeternus 8y ago
Poorly researched article, no citations and the numbers that are provided are grossly misleading. Ex:
>40 million Americans live in poverty, while 50 million Mexicans do
The Mexican poverty rate is $157/month and less in rural areas whereas US is over $1000/month.
Even with that, the US poverty rate is 12.7% below the national poverty line whereas Mexico's is 42%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#Recent_poverty_rate_and_guidelines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#R...
Mexico also isn't anywhere near the bottom compared to other countries. Only 2% of Mexican citizens live below the international poverty line.
- kro39nxkdk 8y agoThose stats hide the fact you’re still looking at 10s of thousands and more living in poverty Quantophrenia in action right here Instead of thinking “but the stats aren’t so bad.” Maybe consider “would I want to live a life of poverty?” Plainly, no, I don’t So pointing at a stat saying “oh but look...” changes the conversation from “a person is in the shit” to “I mean you know it’s not 100% of 300 million so no big” Or at least that’s where Americans let it lie