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If you give people a rise in the standard of living by 36%, then the theshhold level of poverty will be 36% higher, you won't have really lifted anyone out of poverty. The poor in the United States are wildly weathy and have a standard of living approaching 200% of most of the world. Yet look at how poor they are to liberals. Indoor plumbing, air conditioning, their own car, color television, at least one game console. If the poor in the US are really poor, then it is obvious that the notion of poor needs a reality check.
Yep, that's the reason anytime I talk about Americans in "poverty" I put it in quotes because in actuality there is no such thing. I have traveled abroad and seen real poverty and it doesn't exist in this country.