Guillaume@jlai.lu to États-unis@jlai.luFrançais · 5 days agoEUrope vs USA comparisonimagemessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down12cross-posted to: europe@jlai.lu
arrow-up159arrow-down1imageEUrope vs USA comparisonGuillaume@jlai.lu to États-unis@jlai.luFrançais · 5 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: europe@jlai.lu
minus-squareAkh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up9arrow-down2·5 days agoOn 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
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoThe image literally says “below 50% of median income” right next to that. Not an artificially defined raw number subject to things like inflation.
minus-squareAkh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up3·5 days agoSo apples to apples, using the EU stat for poverty in the US, the poverty rate in the US is 48%
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThat sounds about right for a real world rate.
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
The image literally says “below 50% of median income” right next to that. Not an artificially defined raw number subject to things like inflation.
So apples to apples, using the EU stat for poverty in the US, the poverty rate in the US is 48%
That sounds about right for a real world rate.