RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] speaking of apocalyptic horsemen...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Matthew Ross wrote:

> I think thats a key point, but also keep in mind what defines poverty.
> Poverty level in the US is anyone making less than 18,000 per year,
> IIRC. What is the poverty level for the rest of those countries? Their
> poor can't afford food for their children, our poor can't afford the
> latest Pokemon game for their children. Now, if you show me a rate of
> starvation in countries, and our numbers are that high, then I'll worry.

I have to hope they had some way of standardizing across countries using
some sort of cost of living index based on prices of things like food and
apartments.

> > Are there really more poor children in Canada than in Hungary?  Is
> > this merely because poor Hungarians use birth control?  What could
> > explain this strange observation?
>
> It's percentages, there are more people working in an average Hungarian
> restraunt than live in Canada ;-)

In case it wasn't clear, I did mean percentage-wise.

Mike
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