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| + | == A College Kid, A Single Mom, And The Problem With The Povert == | ||
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| + | <html>But, according to the government, Matthew is not poor. She earns about $23,000 a year,[http://sp1wiki.space-pioneers.eu/index.php?title=Benutzer:Lcjztspupxsd#Daily_downpours_raise_concern_for_citrus_crops Daily downpours raise concern for citrus crops], which puts her well above the federal poverty line for a family of two — about $15,825 in 2012. | ||
| + | Matthew says she certainly feels poor, because the money doesn't go very far in a city like New York. | ||
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| + | The Problem With The Poverty Line | ||
| + | There's broad agreement that the way the U.S. measures poverty has some fundamental flaws — a topic that's likely to come up next month,[http://wiki.onlinemensa.de/index.php/Benutzer:Lfyhfvwsovhu#Try_It_Now_Streetwise_0 Try It Now Streetwise 0], when the new poverty numbers are released. Here are three key problems, as explained to me by Christopher Wimer, a researcher at Columbia. | ||
| + | 1. It doesn't account for geographic differences. The poverty line is the same, no matter where you live — whether it's in New York City or rural South Dakota. | ||
| + | 2. It's based on a 50-year-old formula that assumes Americans spend about a third of their income on food. But,[http://uiue.net/wiki/index.php?title=%E7%94%A8%E6%88%B7:Luqfcppxzily#Dolphins_rookie_DE_Dion_Jordan_.28shoulder.29_returns_to_practic Dolphins rookie DE Dion Jordan (shoulder) returns to practic], after adjusting for inflation, the price of food has fallen significantly in the past 50 years. Today, people spend only about a sixth of their income on food. But they spend a bigger chunk of their income on other items, like child care and medical expenses. | ||
| + | 3. It doesn't consider the value of of government benefits, such as food stamps and tax credits. | ||
| + | Changing the formula would require overcoming lots of political obstacles, Wimer says. Government money for services such as housing aid and Medicaid is tied to the poverty line. "Any sort of official change to that means there's a lot of sort of winners and losers, and so it's hard to monkey with that too much," Wimer says. | ||
| + | And describing poverty can be complicated. Some low-income college students are supported by their families, but others aren't — and it's not easy to differentiate the two. | ||
| + | Still, in response to all the concerns, the government has started to issue something called a supplemental poverty measure. It considers the impact of regional cost-of-living differences,[http://wiki.zvesela.cz/index.php/U%C5%BEivatel:Lubrymiovisx#Many_reasons_why_Matt_Harvey_can_still_be_a_stud_after_elbow Many reasons why Matt Harvey can still be a stud after elbow], as well as expenses such as child care and the value of government benefits. | ||
| + | But the supplemental measure is still a work in progress, and it's released weeks after the official numbers come out and grab all the headlines.</html> | ||
