return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-213 hours agoIs $140,000 the New Poverty Line for Americans?www.vice.comexternal-linkmessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down111
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkIs $140,000 the New Poverty Line for Americans?www.vice.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · edit-213 hours agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squaregustofwind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down8·12 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.