tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post6814221870632371817..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: A thoughtful post on the War On PovertyBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-87918182780783469292014-01-08T22:23:45.033-05:002014-01-08T22:23:45.033-05:00I note they say Census Bureau uses a set of money ...I note they say <i>Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty.</i> <br /><br />That has the interesting effect of not counting "non cash benefits" (food stamps, food, housing subsidies, donations of items) as income, so we could spend an infinite amount of money on these and not raise anyone out of poverty. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-71430280778841040812014-01-08T14:41:06.416-05:002014-01-08T14:41:06.416-05:00That's one reason they're pushing relative...That's one reason they're pushing relative poverty these days. Since <br />"poor" people in the US aren't very poor (epidemic obesity + Cell phones and big screen TVs.) they had to come up with a new definition to save their phoney baloney jobs.<br /><br />By using relative poverty they guarantee there will always be poor people.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382683082580500698noreply@blogger.com