Why? Well, I have no intention of applying for any of the federal benefits one is eligible for when their income is below (or even at exceeding multiples of) the poverty line, such as the National School Lunch Program, Food Stamps, Home Energy Assistance Program, Affordable Connectivity Progr...
(The second average, calculated by multiplying last year’s average by the annual change in wages,is $66,621.80) For fun, the figures below concerning percentages are taken from the data SSA provides but are themselves not averages (or medians). So the average of the Top 1% is not $250...
What factors affecting poverty rates in Indonesia? Empirical evidence from West SumateraSaputro, Rendra HardinataArif, MuhammadJournal of Enterprise & Development (JED)
The minimum salary in Romania in 2024 is 3,700 Lei gross or 2,363 Lei net (per month). This means that somebody on minimum wage would bring home around 475 Euros each month. There is also a special minimum salary for those working in the construction filed. For construction workers in ...
Much like their worry over crime & violence, the number of Mexicans citing poverty & social inequality as a top issue has significantly increased by 16pp. Now at two-fifths (41%) mentioning it, this is eight points higher than last July, and the highest score recorded since June 2021, wh...
My point about all of this is that our nation's lack of emphasis on education has been a major contributor to the economic recession, in turn leading to situational poverty. I feel like this country has lost its competitive edge. More qualified scientists, mathematicians, and innovators are co...
with ever less poverty and deaths from disease and famine than ever. The Club of Rome Malthusian nonsense is wholly discredited, but still drives UN agendas. The opposite happens in fact. The more populous and productive we are, the more resources are found and the cost of our ever improving...
The poverty rate for Canadians over age 65 was 4.7%, according to Canada's 2021 Census of Population released in November 2022.1That's lower than any other age group in the country and half the poverty rate for U.S. citizens of the same age.2American retirees may need ways to supplement...
The ways that first world countries are defined can vary. For example, a first world nation might be described as aligned or amicable with Western countries or those in the Northern Hemisphere, highly industrialized, possessing a low poverty rate, and/or high accessibility to modern resources and...
Examination and evaluation of a country’s HDI are best done in concert with examining these and other factors, such as the country’s rate of economic growth, expansion of employment opportunities, and the success of initiatives undertaken to improve the overall quality of life within a country...