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To: Ennis85

Where does Zimbabwe rank? Or N. Korea? Or Cuba?

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20 posted on 06/22/2016 4:16:29 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: M Kehoe

Well, there’s the rub. Poverty is based on the prevailing standard of living in each country (or locality even). So if it’s a poor country, you have to be REALLY poor to be considered to be in “poverty”, but in a rich country like the US you can be quite comfortable and still be in “poverty”.

So you can’t compare the poverty rates between countries, because the way they are calculated makes it apples and oranges.


25 posted on 06/22/2016 4:42:23 PM PDT by Boogieman
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