> 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 t

> 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]. The poverty thresholds are different. (In addition, the US, the poverty numbers don't always count govt aid received.) Would you rather be poor in Brazil or poor in the US?