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In reply to the discussion: Almost half of US families can't afford basics like rent and food [View all]ancianita
(36,055 posts)36. Thank you. Okay. So if the 2017 Census says there are 126 million households, then it's 40%.
I'm trying to grasp big numbers lately, so I'm going for individuals, too.
Divide 126.2 million households into the 325.7 million population and it's 2.6 people per household X 51 mil households, or 131,622,029 poor people.
The numbers are ridiculously big for such a rich country. But the two-part wrecking of America is, to the globalists, coming along nicely.
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Yes because some think that someday they too will be rich and or their "pastors" ....
Botany
May 2018
#5
I did a thread about no jobs for new seekers, I guess the more accurate
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#26
And the country is currently void of leadership as many wander in ruts holding the
RKP5637
May 2018
#29
and don't forget those damn dangerous emails of Hillary that tRump is protecting
RKP5637
May 2018
#30
Yeah...western Kansas is full of em. They are an inch away from BK and vote for Trump and Rep....
Bengus81
May 2018
#53
in NJ .. you need to make 100k for a family of 4 for you to have a half decent life
Le Gaucher
May 2018
#9
This is especially sad because I just made a trip to the grocery store this morning.
logosoco
May 2018
#10
With immigrants afraid to take jobs for fear of being ICEd, and with the border clampdown
tblue37
May 2018
#45
but. . .but. . this is the greatest, most wonderfulest, bestest country in the whole world!
niyad
May 2018
#11
Yep, the US is great at spreading bullshit, and then we have the US morons that believe
RKP5637
May 2018
#14
I have been doing a delicate balancing act for a year. A few months ago my son moved
airmid
May 2018
#12
We are getting by. Much better since warm weather is here. As long as I can pull in
airmid
May 2018
#50
I just went through the most intrusive, despicable application for FS yesterday, for $15 a month.
notdarkyet
May 2018
#51
Robert Anton Wilson wrote a book about the difficult challenge we face on this issue.
byronius
May 2018
#19
My math: 50.8 mil divided by 325.7 mil equals 15.6% of the population. Is my calculator wrong?
ancianita
May 2018
#33
Thank you. Okay. So if the 2017 Census says there are 126 million households, then it's 40%.
ancianita
May 2018
#36