From: constance@duxmail.com   
      
   On 2023-09-13, xyzzy  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   *Every*? You don't need "every" to get your poverty rate under 10%, which   
   is where we are at.   
      
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