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Inequality is rising, but so are the lowest rungs of american society. They have seen huge increases in standard of living.
by codingslave 7y ago
Inequality is rising, but so are the lowest rungs of american society. They have seen huge increases in standard of living.
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- icebraining 7y agoHow is the US in peak poverty? That graph clearly shows the poverty rate being way lower than in '59-65, and lower than at many points since then.
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- Buetol 7y agoSorry, I mixed up raw number of people in poverty and percentage, so I removed my comment. Here's the graph for context (for other people reading): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Number_in_Poverty_and_Poverty_Rate%2C_1959_to_2017.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Number_i...