• Akh@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    On poverty rate, I would like to know how they compare. The poverty line in the US has not been updated in a while and people making like $25k a year are not classified as poverty

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      4 days ago

      The image literally says “below 50% of median income” right next to that. Not an artificially defined raw number subject to things like inflation.

  • HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social
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    4 days ago

    EU can improve and we are going in correct direction. Not UK though. Here we are following US.
    Our current “left” party is more towards right than a previous Conservative government