From: xyzzy.dude@gmail.com   
      
   Con Reeder, unhyphenated American  wrote:   
   > On 2023-09-13, irishranger317@gmail.com  wrote:   
   >> "Let's talk about poor people in America. Statistics from   
   >> the Census Bureau out this week say poverty is increasing   
   >> for the first time in 22 years. The bureau puts the number at   
   >> about 38 million folks living below the poverty line of $30,000   
   >> a year for a family of four.   
   >   
   > Except that the transfer payments from government mean they are really   
   > living at a $50K+ level.   
      
   That assumes every poor person is getting every transfer payment possible,   
   including ones that have long wait lists or for which only a few people   
   qualify, which is ludicrous.   
      
      
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