The federal government releases an updated federal poverty guidelines chart every January. Knowing if your household income falls below the federal poverty level helps you understand if you for several types of federal aid, including Medicaid eligibility. This article will answer common questions about ...
The U.S. federal poverty level is a measure of income the U.S. government uses to determine who is eligible for subsidies, programs, and benefits. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updates the poverty guidelines each January to account for inflation.1 ...
This article is not geared to those living at a poverty level income, and is not meant to trivialize the challenges of doing so. The point is that you can fairly comfortably live at a poverty level expense, and if earn above, it presents significant savings opportunity. Social commentary on...
The big lesson from the so-called War on Poverty is that poverty rates suddenly stopped declining. In other words, government tried to help, but wound up doing harm. P.S. Here are the other 13 Theorems of Government. The “First Theorem” explains how Washington really operates. The “...
A living wage is a state or local wage that’s higher than the minimum wage. Similar tocost of living, the living wage is the amount an employer would need to pay an employee to avoid poverty. The goal of a living wage is to decrease poverty through increased earnings. ...
has shrunk and many who used to belong to this social class sank below poverty line, forced to take a low paying job, had to work multiple jobs just to keep their family fed and bills paid. And here we have the Feds’s Yellen who kept padding herself on the back while telling us ...
(ACTs), malaria prevalence persists alarmingly high. Socio-economic factors, such as poverty and limited access to healthcare, play significant roles in malaria transmission and control, with poorer communities often experiencing higher rates of infection due to limited access to healthcare and ...