[lit-ideas] Re: The American Poor
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 00:12:49 +0100
LH>Our poverty line is $8,900 per person. The average GDP per person in
Brazil, for example, is >$8,400.
The **mean monthly income** in Brazil in 2002 was = US$132. A poor person was
one
who lived in a household with a monthly pc income of less than =US$ 70, an
indigent,
less than =US $40.
Does that mean the US person with $8400 a year/$700 a month is 10 times as well
off
as the poor person in Brazil, and 17.5 times as well off as a Brazilian
indigent?
Perhaps. We need to know about the cost of various items to be sure. (I doubt
it.)
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
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