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How 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.
by icebraining 7y ago
How 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...