Really, I've read that it's less than 20%[1], which isn't 1/3. Abject poverty or indigence (the "no clean water or sewers") rate, according to the link I dug up

Really, I've read that it's less than 20%[1], which isn't 1/3. Abject poverty or indigence (the "no clean water or sewers") rate, according to the link I dug up, is 7%. I mean, compare the poverty threshold is US$10000, wherein 15% of Americans fall in. Additionally, 6-7% fall in extreme poverty, where US citizens make less than 50% of the poverty threshold[2]. So, as in your argument, it's all about scale. [1]http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/09/20/2954375.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/09/20/2954375.htm [2]http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/the-poorest-states-of-america/ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/the-poorest-sta...