Ocasio-Cortez and the “socialist” left

[oldngray]

Drugs do help!

 

[rickyb]

So around 328 million population and you think close to 164 million are impoverished or close to it? Being poor isn't being impoverished. Median household income is around $57k. What's poverty income for a household? Low $20k's?

whats median individual income?

$57 k divided by 2 is less than $15/hr which is near / in poverty

 

[vantexan]

whats median individual income?

$57 k divided by 2 is less than $15/hr which is near / in poverty

$15hr is $600 a week gross on 40 hours. In much of the country people get by fine on that. Look at the chart above for Federal guidelines on poverty. No, $600 a week gross isn't going to provide a middle class lifestyle, but it's solid working class. If your spouse works too or you have roommates you'll do fine.

 

[BrownFlush]

Poverty:

• The official poverty rate in 2016 was 12.7 percent, down 0.8 percentage points from 13.5 percent in 2015. This is the second consecutive annual decline in poverty. Since 2014, the poverty rate has fallen 2.1 percentage points from 14.8 percent to 12.7 percent.
• In 2016 there were 40.6 million people in poverty, 2.5 million fewer than in 2015 and 6.0 million fewer than in 2014.
• The poverty rate in 2016 (12.7 percent) was not significantly higher than the poverty rate in 2007 (12.5 percent), the year before the most recent recession.
• No demographic group included in Table 3 experienced an increase in its poverty rate between 2015 and 2016.
• For most demographic groups, the number of people in poverty decreased from 2015. Adults aged 65 and older were the only population group shown in Table 3 to experience an increase in the number of people in poverty.
• Between 2015 and 2016, the poverty rate for children under age 18 declined from 19.7 to 18.0 percent. The poverty rate for adults aged 18-64 declined from 12.4 to 11.6 percent. The poverty rate for adults aged 65 and older was 9.3 percent in 2016, not statistically different from the rate in 2015

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

ttku

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Just need to widen your definition of near.

Yeah, not your definition, not Van's definition, just random government numbers of what qualifies one to be in poverty.

Near.
Ttku.

 

[BrownFlush]

Near.
Ttku.

BowWow BowWow

 

[rickyb]

Poverty:

• The official poverty rate in 2016 was 12.7 percent, down 0.8 percentage points from 13.5 percent in 2015. This is the second consecutive annual decline in poverty. Since 2014, the poverty rate has fallen 2.1 percentage points from 14.8 percent to 12.7 percent.
• In 2016 there were 40.6 million people in poverty, 2.5 million fewer than in 2015 and 6.0 million fewer than in 2014.
• The poverty rate in 2016 (12.7 percent) was not significantly higher than the poverty rate in 2007 (12.5 percent), the year before the most recent recession.
• No demographic group included in Table 3 experienced an increase in its poverty rate between 2015 and 2016.
• For most demographic groups, the number of people in poverty decreased from 2015. Adults aged 65 and older were the only population group shown in Table 3 to experience an increase in the number of people in poverty.
• Between 2015 and 2016, the poverty rate for children under age 18 declined from 19.7 to 18.0 percent. The poverty rate for adults aged 18-64 declined from 12.4 to 11.6 percent. The poverty rate for adults aged 65 and older was 9.3 percent in 2016, not statistically different from the rate in 2015

this is from the government?

i was just looking up john williams shadow stats and unemployment is above 20%

 

[rickyb]

$15hr is $600 a week gross on 40 hours. In much of the country people get by fine on that. Look at the chart above for Federal guidelines on poverty. No, $600 a week gross isn't going to provide a middle class lifestyle, but it's solid working class. If your spouse works too or you have roommates you'll do fine.

where im from thats poverty. roughly $1000 every 2 weeks after taxes

 

[BrownFlush]

this is from the government?

i was just looking up john williams shadow stats and unemployment is above 20%

Yeah..latest I could find.

 

[rickyb]

Latest I could find.

government fudges unemployment and maybe poverty as well i forgot

pretty sure poverty is fudged

 

[BrownFlush]

government fudges unemployment and maybe poverty as well i forgot

pretty sure poverty is fudged

If you add 10 mil for the fudgin', you still only have 50 mil...thats a long way from 150 mil

 

[El Correcto]

If you add 10 mil for the fudgin', you still only have 50 mil...thats a long way from 150 mil

Quit interrupting him while he is hating America.

 

[rickyb]

If you add 10 mil for the fudgin', you still only have 50 mil...thats a long way from 150 mil

im including near poverty as well

cornel west has a book called the rich and the rest of us where they make this assertion and ive seen it quoted many times

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Quit interrupting him while he is hating America.

What's mommy making for dinner?

 

[rickyb]

could the blue line help explain the poor ups collective agreement. or the bizarre election of trump?

 

[El Correcto]

could the blue line help explain the poor ups collective agreement. or the bizarre election of trump?

Represents obama getting elected ttku

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Say no more, I gotcha fam.

 

[rickyb]

Represents obama getting elected ttku

i dont blame recessions on specific presidents because they are all rotten

but obama couldve arrested banksters and created coops / federal jobs hiring programs. in short the suffering was because of a lack of political will

 

[El Correcto]

i dont blame recessions on specific presidents because they are all rotten

but obama couldve arrested banksters and created coops / federal jobs hiring programs. in short the suffering was because of a lack of political will

No he couldn’t of, because that is retarded, we ain’t some broke ass Italy country.