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"What does it mean to be poor, anyway?
Economists and governments measure poverty in many different ways, but the best
measure is how you feel. People know when they are poor, and they know when
they are not.
I know what it is like to be poor, working class and middle class. Each time I
shift from one or the other, I feel it — physically. When I’ve shifted down,
I’ve felt the weight of it. When things have improved, I’ve felt the burden
lift.
You can’t define these things. I’m not going to say how many dollars you need
to have to qualify as middle class. But when you get there, you know.
The U.S. first set its measurement of poverty by taking the cost of a minimal
food diet and multiplying it by three. That may have made sense at the time but
it doesn’t now because for most of us, buying food is the least of our
problems."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
