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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-04-11 12:29 PM
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75. A Different Portrait of Poverty
Edited on Fri Nov-04-11 12:35 PM by Demeter
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/04/us/different-portrait-of-poverty.html


To address shortcomings in the way poverty is measured in the United States, the Census Bureau has developed more comprehensive alternate measures. The example below calculates poverty rates by taking into account cost of living, taxes, medical expenses and benefits like food stamps and housing subsidies.

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