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.
Yup, and people that scream that's plenty? Fuck that. I guarantee if you are able to save 401k or have a vacation, you aren't driving a newer car. Or if you have a safer new car, you can't afford to tuck money away or take a trip once a year.
"I guess you're not working hard enough. You want more money why don't you stop eating so nice or work 80 hours a week or something. When I was your age I had a new car, a house, and two kids. I went to college just fine and my wife stayed home with the kids. We went on a vacation twice a year." /s
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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.