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What is defined as poverty? If you have internet and food, are you still in poverty?
by helpPeople 7y ago
What is defined as poverty?
If you have internet and food, are you still in poverty?
- scotty79 7y agoI'd say if you have food, internet and roof over your head and can get treatment when you get sick you are not in poverty. There are some official definitions though.
- zanny 7y agoConsidering the state of healthcare and savings in the US this puts a majority of the population in poverty because they cannot afford a $500 medical expense. Which is true, and I would agree on most people being impoverished even if you think they are buried in gadgets and high fructose corn syrup. Most people I know, meet, and would see on the street I would almost always bet are to varying degrees psychologically harmed by their poverties, whatever form they take.
- Balero 7y agoI would also access to further learning, be it trade school college, a library etc
- Mirioron 7y agoI think that's what the internet is about.
- Mirioron 7y agoI think one other factor to consider is your future. You might have food, internet, healthcare, and a roof over your head right now, but if your current situation will lead to a lack of one of these in the future, then you could probably already be considered poor. Eg, if you lose your job and can't get another one, then you still have some savings to have food, internet, healthcare, and housing, but you will lose it in the future.