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People Below Poverty Line Aren’t All Poor

Started by cordblomquist · 10 months ago

People below the poverty line often aren’t really poor. Many of them receive tax-free income and welfare benefits that aren’t even considered in determining whether someone is below the government’s official poverty line.
One sign of that fact is that middle cl ... Continue reading »

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  • Betty Klein

    1 year ago

    The welfare systm need a overhaul but trucking some users to work fare.
    I work for 50 years before I got a home and then it was passed down from my in laws after death .
    I was a widow at 58 and I worked for a living just 2 weeks before my 69th birthday.
    My question is why should illegals and those who have money to live nicely on get welfare???
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  • Michael Peyatt

    10 months ago

    The poverty line income for a family of four is $20,000. That is making $9.60 per hour working the 2080 hrs a year. Yes there are people who abuse the system because of no integrity or ethical values and that number is probably larger than anyone would care to admit. 12% of the population (37 million or so) earn below the poverty level and the majority of them do not even apply for assistance because of their pride and values, believing some else is more deserving. Every year the number of people living below the poverty increases as the cost of living goes up and wages stay the same.Things do need to change, Society needs to change, moral and ethical values need to be privelant.
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