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

[Jonathan King <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.

YDRC. :-)

http://www.census.gov/hhes/poverty/threshld/thresh02.html

For One person living alone, you're talking about $9359 per year.  For
a couple with no kids, it's $12,047.  For a couple with one kid, it's
$12,400.  For a family of four, it's $18,244 (which I'm guessing is what 
you were really thinking of?)

> 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.

$18K for a family of four would be pretty brutal, especially since you can
bet that they are also uninsured.  Running the numbers for life in
Columbia, I think I can see how it would be done, but you'd be missing
more than just Pokemon...although you should have to starve or freeze
unless there were people in the household who had drug habits.

jking


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