Guillaume@jlai.lu to États-unis@jlai.luFrançais · 3 months agoEUrope vs USA comparisonimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12cross-posted to: europe@jlai.lu
arrow-up160arrow-down1imageEUrope vs USA comparisonGuillaume@jlai.lu to États-unis@jlai.luFrançais · 3 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkcross-posted to: europe@jlai.lu
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThe image literally says “below 50% of median income” right next to that. Not an artificially defined raw number subject to things like inflation.
minus-squareAkh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up3·3 months agoSo apples to apples, using the EU stat for poverty in the US, the poverty rate in the US is 48%
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoThat sounds about right for a real world rate.
The image literally says “below 50% of median income” right next to that. Not an artificially defined raw number subject to things like inflation.
So apples to apples, using the EU stat for poverty in the US, the poverty rate in the US is 48%
That sounds about right for a real world rate.