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"To that end they were able to impress upon the candidates and viewers
that the official measure of 40 million people in poverty doesn’t even
begin to capture who is poor in this country. Instead, using the more
accurate supplemental-poverty measure, we see that 140 million
people—more than 43 percent of the population—are poor or low-wealth,
meaning one emergency away from poverty. That figure includes 9 million
children, 74 million women, 26 million black people, 38 million Latinx
people, 8 million Asian people, 2.14 million Native and Indigenous
people, and 66 million white people. It’s consistent with findings that
about 40 percent of the country can’t afford an unexpected $400 expense."
Via Muse, who wrote "I had missed this article in June. The numbers are
revealing."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
