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moving, goalposts,etc. Just because many people are in extreme poverty doesn't mean that the US doesn't have "real" poverty. Also poverty is more or less defi
by rtpg 13y ago
moving, goalposts,etc.
Just because many people are in extreme poverty doesn't mean that the US doesn't have "real" poverty.
Also poverty is more or less defined in the society in which it happens. And the "standards" for not being poor in the US is not met in a lot of cases.
- sliverstorm 13y agoBut if you define poverty as "the bottom decile of the population", how exactly will you get rid of it?
- moocowduckquack 13y agoThere are many definitions of poverty. The use of a quick percentage is used for policy as it is easy to put figures to, however it is being used as a measurable indicator for a deeper definition. If you do not have people living hand to mouth in your society, then you have got rid of poverty, until then it helps to have some quick and dirty economics to work out where to direct your efforts.
- frobozz 13y agoYour question is like saying "if you define green as the colour of grass, how can you make grass yellow?" If you take a sensible real-world definition of the poverty threshold, such as "earning less than 60% of the median full-time wage", then you can do so by pegging the BIG to 60% of the median full-time wage.