Guillaume@jlai.lu to États-unis@jlai.luFrançais · 8 days agoEUrope vs USA comparisonjlai.luimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12cross-posted to: europe@jlai.lu
arrow-up157arrow-down1imageEUrope vs USA comparisonjlai.luGuillaume@jlai.lu to États-unis@jlai.luFrançais · 8 days agomessage-square8linkfedilinkcross-posted to: europe@jlai.lu
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days 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-up3·8 days 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-up3·8 days 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.