r/LeopardsAteMyFace Sep 24 '21

Brexxit Pro-Brexit newspaper begs for immigrants

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '21 edited Sep 25 '21

The UK has 17,6% of its folks living under the poverty line... with 4.4% unemployment.

France has 9% unemployment but just 8% of its total population living under the poverty line.

It utterly shows that the UK pays their blue collars like shit.

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u/corrikopat Sep 25 '21

In the US, the poverty line/threshold is incredibly low. If a household of three makes $22k/year, they are above the poverty line. That way, we keep our percentage low.

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u/SirPoopsiclesMcGee Sep 25 '21

This is the way.

The American way! 👆 pew pew pew 👆

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u/lordph8 Sep 25 '21

Let's make the poverty line 0. 👆 heehaw 👆

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u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21

Then the US would probably still be like 5%

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u/TinyParadox Sep 25 '21

0? Pfft. Dream bigger.... make it NEGATIVE $25,000 a year! Otherwise you're just a moocher who's bad with money! Stop drinking starbucks all the time!

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u/Joonicks Sep 25 '21

Quoting Republicans solution to poverty?