The entire premise of 0% is entirely silly, though. As someone who lived below the poverty line for a few years, while apprenticing or attending school on my own hook, that number needs to be at least .0001%.
There are plenty of _military_ families, high school graduates all, who are living below the poverty line (according to a Pentegon report from 2002). Also, many men who are paying court mandated alimony fall below the poverty line. And what about individuals with serious physical or psychiatric problems, who cannot hold down even a McDonalds job? If what you are really saying is that for most people, there is little to no excuse, with only the rare exception, that I can completely agree with. But the 0% statement is obviously not accurate. Jerry On 6/18/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First thing is first. > > The Poverty Level for a single person living alone is: $9,800 per year > which put you making around $4.71 per hour. > > With local fast food places starting at $9.00 per hour, it is pretty > easy for a single person to live above the poverty line. > > With two people, the line is at $13,200. Again, one person working fast > food at $9.00 an hour still gets more than that. Three person family is > at $16,000, so that same $9.00 per hour still puts you above poverty. > > It isn't until a 4 person family that the income rises to $20,000 per > year, so you'd have to make $9.62 to be above the poverty line with a > family of four. > > Really what is comes down to as that the poverty line is a Bullshit > number based on information from the lower 48 states. Alaska and Hawaii > put the poverty line higher. > > So basically it comes down to, if you can hold down a fast food job you > won't live in poverty. And so long as you are able to show up for work, > and can listen and follow directions, you can probably hold down a fast > food job. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 10:10 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Poverty Challenge! > > > > I just heard an interesting stat that surely someone here would like > > to debunk? Well, here it is: > > > > In America, one has a 0% chance of living below the poverty line if: > > > > (1.) You graduate from High School > > (2.) You don't have child out of wedlock, and > > (3.) You don't become addicted to alcohol or drugs. > > > > Seems like a simple prescription for success. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:236803 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
