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Poverty is a moving target; no matter what we do, there will always be the bottom 10% that will be considered poor by comparison. Double the income of everyone
by AdrianB1 7y ago
Poverty is a moving target; no matter what we do, there will always be the bottom 10% that will be considered poor by comparison. Double the income of everyone - bottom 10% will remain there. Triple the income of the lower half of the population: you still have a bottom. So what exactly is the measure of the problem and how to measure it was solved, when it will eventually be solved?
- dmitriid 7y agoThere's a huge difference between "poor as in can't afford a meal or go to a doctor" and "poor as in can't afford an apartment in the middle of New York".