return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-214 hours agoIs $140,000 the New Poverty Line for Americans?www.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down110cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkIs $140,000 the New Poverty Line for Americans?www.vice.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-214 hours agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squaregustofwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down8·13 hours agouh huh, thank you vice and mr wallstreet substack poster for spreading such awareness, but where does that leave people in actual poverty?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 hours agoUh… right where they are? The American welfare state is insufficient across the board, so it needs to be strengthened across the board, and employers across the board should be forced to pay living wages.
uh huh, thank you vice and mr wallstreet substack poster for spreading such awareness, but where does that leave people in actual poverty?
Uh… right where they are? The American welfare state is insufficient across the board, so it needs to be strengthened across the board, and employers across the board should be forced to pay living wages.