"you were comparing a world median with a U.S. average." No, I was comparing to the official legal definition of "poverty line". My gripe is that in all this

"you were comparing a world median with a U.S. average." No, I was comparing to the official legal definition of "poverty line". My gripe is that in all this talk about "poverty", either nobody defines it or they define it upwards to rediculous. If someone earns more than 87% of everyone on the planet and is still deemed "poor" then the definition of "poor" is absurd.