World Bank Miracle: How to Show Rising Poverty as Declining!
The real poverty line at which a bare minimum level of nutrition can be reached, is at least three times the official poverty line and at least 65% of India’s population falls below it.
by Utsa Patnaik
Newsclick
December 22, 2025
https://www.newsclick.in/world-bank-miracle-how-show-rising-poverty-declining
How many more Americans would live below the poverty line if the US government were to ban all imports of consumer goods?
#protectionism #importsubstitution #mercantilism #autarky #tradebarriers #tradewars #poverty #povertyline #americans #affordabilitycrisis #inflation #tradepolicy #usa #donaldtrump #tariffs #consumergoods #economics #imports
While even the author of the original article does not feel that $140k is literally the new poverty line, his piece has prompted important conversations about "benefit cliffs" and what level of income is actually required for a family to cover the basics *without outside assistance.*
What do you think??
Michael Green recalculates what the poverty line is in USA. I wonder what would be the equivalent in Australia https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie #PovertyLine #poverty
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tess/115613452377202318
Fascinating article. Take 15 mins to read. Eye opening!
Fuck is right. But something worth reading.
#FuckCapitalism #PovertyLine
https://furry.engineer/@soatok/115611317032211785
Wat is eigelijk de armoedegrens?
Hoeveel is hoog genoeg?Mensen met risico op armoede of sociale uitsluiting: de armoedegrens is 60% van het mediaan equivalent inkomen per land, zie onderstaande tabel en onderaan de pagina.
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_li01/default/table
https://basisinkomen.net/wat-is-eigelijk-de-armoedegrens/
#Diversen #armoedegrens #basisinkomen #hoogte #koopkracht #MideaanInkomen #PovertyLine #pps #PurchasingPower #SocialeUitsluiting
The new wage lifts two-thirds of the workforce above Mexico’s family #povertyline, & above Mexico’s #minimumwage of about $1.71 per hour. A proposed nationwide shift to a 40-hour workweek without a reduction in pay (Mexico’s workweek is currently capped at 48 hours) would also mark a significant advance.
https://labornotes.org/2025/04/unmoved-tariff-threats-mexican-gm-workers-win-double-digit-wage-hike
#Mexico #GeneralMotors #LaborMovement #organize #autoworkers #Solidarity Silao #Guanajuato #unions SINTTIA
Raising Jobseeker to $80 per day—in line with the Raise the Rate campaign—and indexing it to keep up with wages would cost $9.5 billion per year.
This a fraction of the cost of superannuation tax concessions ($50 billion per year) or the Capital Gains Tax discount ($15 billion), both of which mainly benefit the richest Australians.
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/jobseeker-payments-are-too-low/
#AUWU #breadline #costoflivingcrisis #dole #jobseeker #povertyline #RaiseTheRate #unemployedworkers
Day four: 🍻🍺 vs 🎓💰
While some issues are being discussed, one isnt HECS DEBT. We can talk about having a beer with the Prime ministerial candidates but not EDUCATION costs and spiralling debt.
While we’re at it. UNEMPLOYED? Has the living allowance been raised? At all, does it match inflation? Is it below the poverty line?
#PubTest / #PrimeMinister / #HexDebt / #HECSDebt / #HECS / #University / #Unemployed / #PovertyLine / #LivingWage / #LukasCoch / AAP <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/apr/01/from-babysitting-to-keeping-a-secret-the-pm-is-preferred-but-it-is-the-literal-pub-test-where-albo-stands-out>
Line 24: Tell em bout the POVERTY line boss!
You step outside this b*tch you bound to get shot up. The speaker flaunts his mental capacity & lyrical ability revealing he's not only deeply intelligent but also culturally savvy. #PovertyLine #CulturalSavvy #PopCulture #LifeMovie #SystemicOppression
“Our world, in which the top 1% own more than the 95% combined, in which we’re on course for five trillionaires within a decade, is not on course to end #poverty soon, nor to meet the scale of the #climatecrisis”.
The number of people living under the $6.85 #povertyline today is in fact close to what it was in 1990, he said.
https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/world-rich-get-richer-poor-get-poorer-billionaires-rise/
#Memoir contradicts #Republican #Senatecandidate’s ‘below the #povertyline’ tale
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/30/tim-sheehy-republican-senate-montana
#Montana’s #TimSheehy claims he and wife lived in #poverty but own #book reveals he had $400,000 to build #company
A reddit post i’ve stumbled across today - from the male of a 26yr old American couple.
They’ve had to make a heart wrenching decision give up their child for adoption, because today’s economy and the lack of government support for those doing it touch mean they can’t survive and provide for their child even on the bare minimum.
I hate to think how many Aussies might find themselves considering such an awful choice.
#HousingCrisis #EconomicJustice #Families #PovertyLine #Poverty
Ok folks.... I'm going to try to create two hashtags.
The #PovertyLine is obvious to everyone. Nobody should fall below the poverty line!
The #WealthLine is the new concept we must push everywhere in media, politics, economics, etc. Nobody should be allowed above the wealth line, Nobody. And, if you're afraid of the #WealthLine , then you're selfish and not really interested in a more equitable and sustainable world.
Let's push this concept, folks. Especially, let's push it on our politicians!
No increase to base jobseeker rate in budget means Centrelink payment remains below poverty line
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2024/may/16/australia-federal-budget-2024-jobseeker-centrelink-payments-welfare-services-australia
This latest federal budget offers little hope to unemployed people. Again, the government's safety-net is not enough for people left without work by the sad state of the economy. They should raise the dole until it's over the poverty line. Or, even better, offer a real fix in the form of a universal basic income.
#AusPol #Jobseeker #Dole #Budget #Centrelink #PovertyLine #CostOfLiving #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
“Completely Legal” $4.20 p/hour (*wage theft )
At $1,002.50 a fortnight for a single person, the DSP is higher than jobseeker, but still well below the poverty line (approximately $1,204 in 2023).
* minimum wage $23.23 an hour
#povertyline #breadline #workingpoor #minimumwage #NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) #DSP (Disability Support Pension) #JobSeeker
#RaiseTheRate
Abolish Subminimum Wage
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGVqOu2taAutO7QIK12lYPVGzvn9sZPCc_gaML9LE29KZ7kw/viewform
American Geography
Between 2014 and 2020, photographer Matt Black traveled to hundreds of high poverty communities across the United States, concentrating on areas with poverty rates above 20%. He discovered that he could travel from coast to coast without ever crossing above this poverty line, through 46 states.
#mattblack #photography #photographer #americangeography #photojournalism #photojournalist #mattblackphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #bwphoto #schwarzweiss #schwarzweissfotografie #blackandwhite #americanlandscape #noirblanc #fotografia #fotografie #negroyblanco #povertyline
American Geography
Between 2014 and 2020, photographer Matt Black traveled to hundreds of high poverty communities across the United States, concentrating on areas with poverty rates above 20%. He discovered that he could travel from coast to coast without ever crossing above this poverty line, through 46 states.
#mattblack #photography #photographer #americangeography #photojournalism #photojournalist #mattblackphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #bwphoto #schwarzweiss #schwarzweissfotografie #blackandwhite #americanlandscape #noirblanc #fotografia #fotografie #negroyblanco #povertyline
