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IbogaProject

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2. kind of misleading

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Tue Sep 14, 2021, 03:59 PM

Sep 2021

The poverty line is set based on data from one or more years ago. Whereas the cost of food basic necessities and energy have all gone up. I'm glad the current administration and congress have been doing what they have but this statistic is misleading.

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U.S. government aid helped reduce poverty in 2020, Census data shows [View all] groundloop Sep 2021 OP

I suspect what really helped lift many up was the extra unemployment money cstanleytech Sep 2021 #1

kind of misleading IbogaProject Sep 2021 #2