When I was a kid, you were poor if you couldn't afford to pay for your own habitation. Now, three folks team up to pay for one apartment and people don't even TRY to move out of their parents' home until they're 30 or so.
[TS] The Millions Left Out
By BOB HERBERT
The United States may be the richest country in the world, but there are many millions — tens of millions — who are not sharing in that prosperity.
According to the most recent government figures, 37 million Americans are living below the official poverty threshold, which is $19,971 a year for a family of four. That’s one out of every eight Americans, and many of them are children.
More than 90 million Americans, close to a third of the entire population, are struggling to make ends meet on incomes that are less than twice the official poverty line. In my book, they’re poor.
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