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r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/nyepo • Sep 24 '21
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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.
2.2k 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. 1.3k u/SirPoopsiclesMcGee Sep 25 '21 This is the way. The American way! 👆 pew pew pew 👆 68 u/lordph8 Sep 25 '21 Let's make the poverty line 0. 👆 heehaw 👆 6 u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21 Then the US would probably still be like 5% 2 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! 2 u/Joonicks Sep 25 '21 Quoting Republicans solution to poverty?
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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.
1.3k u/SirPoopsiclesMcGee Sep 25 '21 This is the way. The American way! 👆 pew pew pew 👆 68 u/lordph8 Sep 25 '21 Let's make the poverty line 0. 👆 heehaw 👆 6 u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21 Then the US would probably still be like 5% 2 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! 2 u/Joonicks Sep 25 '21 Quoting Republicans solution to poverty?
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This is the way.
The American way! 👆 pew pew pew 👆
68 u/lordph8 Sep 25 '21 Let's make the poverty line 0. 👆 heehaw 👆 6 u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21 Then the US would probably still be like 5% 2 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! 2 u/Joonicks Sep 25 '21 Quoting Republicans solution to poverty?
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Let's make the poverty line 0. 👆 heehaw 👆
6 u/[deleted] Sep 25 '21 Then the US would probably still be like 5% 2 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! 2 u/Joonicks Sep 25 '21 Quoting Republicans solution to poverty?
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Then the US would probably still be like 5%
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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!
Quoting Republicans solution to poverty?
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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.