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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: TimF who wrote (84910)7/20/2018 8:29:19 PM
From: GPS Info  Read Replies (2) of 360166
 
More than 18 million Americans live in “extreme poverty,” according to a report from the United Nations, which ranked poverty in the U.S. alongside some of the poorest areas in the world.

I believe the "extreme poverty" number represent those at or below 50% of the official poverty level.

Historically, the official poverty rate in the United States had ranged from a high of 22.4 percent when it was first estimated for 1959 to a low of 11.1 percent in 1973. Since its initial rapid decline after 1964 with the launch of major War on Poverty programs, the poverty rate has fluctuated between around 11 and 15 percent.
poverty.ucdavis.edu

6% of 300 million gives about 18 million. (edit: or ~5.5% of 325)



If your only critique was the comparison to "poorest areas in the world," we don't have much to disagree on thus far.
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