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What Constitutes “Poverty” In America Today

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, August 04 2011

Here’s an interesting fact: The typical “poor” American enjoys substantially more housing space than the average European. Vive la France! That insight comes courtesy of the Heritage Foundation and its fascinating July 21 report entitled Air Conditioning, Cable TV and an Xbox: What is Poverty in the United States Today? So how do we define “poverty” in contemporary America? For its part, Webster’s describes poverty as, “1. Lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts. 2. Deficiency in amount: scantiness.” …

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