Half of Americans below or near poverty line

B-b-b-but I thought we were the wealthiest nation!?!?

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>most of them live in red states
Thats what the retards get for voting republican. They could die and america would lose nothing

it's the damn illegals fault, deport 'em all1!!!! BUILD A WALL TRUMP2016

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Sorry burger, we all have our problems.

Those aren't republican voters, champ. We have a ton of minorities down here.

>salon.com/2013/05/30/half_of_americans_living_below_or_near_poverty_line_partner/
only 40 percent of the country has a two year degree or higher.....community college is cheap. go there for two years and transfer. half priced college. *shrug*

holy shit salon is literally the triggering epicenter
you can't seriously open that

don't do it Sup Forums and i warned you

>loses most people who farm
>loses most people caring for livestock
>loses most people that give a damn about your constitution

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>salon.com
this site should be banned to link here like kotaku is on Sup Forums

>Socialist policies made me poor
>I have a great idea! Let's demand more socialism!

8 years with Obama

CRY!!!

The solution is to purge half the population.

>thought we were the wealthiest nation

Listen fatass, the line is

GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

>half of americans living in poverty
>almost half of americans are non white.

Coincidence?

If Bill Gates walks into a room full of Section 8s, the average yearly income is now in the millions.
Because math.
Statistics are a favorite tool of the media, as they are subjective by nature.
Many people are poor because they can't be bothered to learn to understand things like this.
Brawndo!

Basically

>median family income $1000

this has to be fake, no way this is the overall US average

>that old guy wanted to be a musician, an artist, a writer, an actor, a politician, a leader
>he achieved none of his dreams
>had to get a job to support himself, his hobbies dwindled and he lost more of what he loved so he could continue to live
>parents died, the oldest and longest known friends he had ever had in his life who guided him from birth and protected him from everything
>old good friends drifted away, lost touch or passed
>too old to make many new friends
>know death is coming soon, want more in the world to relive those best years
>have to settle for a small trailer home in a trashy park, can't really take care of it because of how old and frail you've become
>die in a trash heap on a trash heap

It's coming for you too, user.

Nigga, the problem is the 1% have all the fucking money.

Some wealth redistribution would be very nice.

>B-b-b-but I thought we were the wealthiest nation!?!?

8 years of clinton and 8 years of obama has bankrupted this country and shifted a large portion of its money generating capacity over seas into the hands of multinational corporations who have no loyalty what so ever to this country or its people.

>half of americans living in poverty
>half of americans are white

Coincidence?

$24,300 is considered 100% of the poverty level for a family of 4 in the US. Think about that a second. With even two people earning a minimum wage you could easily beat that in a family.

Think again. There are way more white people on government assistance than blacks.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/09/the-original-underclass/492731/

That is 51000

>this
I have a shitty job where I earn enough for 8 fucking people to live apparently above the poverty line.
granted my rent is 2375 for a two bedroom, but that's just because I live in a completely affordable area.

Most Americans are poor as fuck. Something around 70% of us are living paycheck to paycheck with 0 appreciable savings. Much of us are living in the equivalent of a really well maintained third-world country.

t. guy who just spent a week visiting family in the deep south.

>Salon

Than do what every russian with a german sheopard in his family line does and get a german citizenship

You can live a chill live with good healthcare and you doesn't even have to work. Even though most people eventually will anyhow

lol, this is some shit b8

* Agrees

I Would be doing better to live in that little blue trailor in the picture.

I live in something less than that.

But at the same time Obama is a job creator.

>Most Americans are poor as fuck. Something around 70% of us are living paycheck to paycheck with 0 appreciable savings
You're full of shit. It's just blacks and hispanics dragging our number down

The poverty line in America is equivalent to a fucking king in second and third world nations.

This is a good chunk of people I know

>haha no money till payday since i bought this $9 pack of cigarettes XDDDDD

It's no way to live

Serious question: then why do you got internet?

American poverty line ain't that bad when you can still get fat as fuck, put your hands on cool tech and get nice services.

>graduate uni in Cali
>get an engineering job in Texas
>buy a house
>buying another soon (1-2 years)
>22 years old
I don't understand what's so hard

The most wealth disparity is in Blue states, it throughs the average off.

30k in Rural TN is pretty good living, but its basically starving in California.

Nigga, value is a good or service's buying power. Taking wealth from people who generate value and giving it to people who don't becomes less and less efficient the more bloated the population becomes. Loaning money into existence doesn't create any real value either, so that's doomed to fail too.

Some less involved government would be very nice.

This. Trips of truth

Hopefully trump can fix you guys. I'm seriously considering moving to Russia because the US looks like a shithole compared to what it was

Being below the poverty line just means you get more free stuff. Free house, free money, free food, free healthcare, free electricity, free phone.

That looks like Mr. Leahy's trailer.

He's not full of shit.

Leave your suburb filled with wealthy boomers and you'll see that everyone is poor, including whites.

51% of American workers make less than $30,000 a year.

That's just the people who are actually working, not to mention those having trouble with employment.

If you make $50,000 a year then you make more money than 70% of all American workers.

Check your privileged sheltered trust-fund babby.

No archive link. OP is a fag.

You mean Julian's Grandma's trailer?

Not to mention that those who do make over $50,000 tend to live in cities where cost of living is through the roof, so it might not even mean you're living better than someone making min wage in some bum fuck area.

Living paycheck to paycheck means nothing. Some professional athletes get a hundred grand every 2 weeks for 6 months while hey play... and are broke the whole 6 months in the offseason.

I seriously wonder why there isn't more terorrism or violent uprising in the US.
>rampant poverty and little to no class mobility
>government tyranny both at the federal level and in local police murdering people willy-nilly
>jack shit for social services or safety nets that aren't outright welfare

Seriously, it seems like only black gangs are the ones taking any matters into their own hands instead of cradling AR15s in the dark sobbing out memes.

you vote republican, don't you

That's what happens when people live off of government handouts

>half of the americans near poverty line
>i know, we'll solve this by making more people live near the poverty line by increasing taxes so we have more money for programs!

All I know is... I love being "in poverty".... just make sure you keep working to give me all my free stuff.

It's not a flat tax you idiot. You tax the upper classes who have tons of money so you can spend it on those social programs for people who have no money.

They recently adjusted the official "poverty line". They will continue to set in such a way to bolster the lies they want to tell.

>salon

Disregard

>upper class packs up and leaves because of those taxes
>suddenly you don't have even quarter of the budget needed for dem programs

>trump will fix it
you fucking retards need to do research
his economic policies will just make this shit worse

nothing screams recovery like having the middle class get taxed to shit. he's going to cut taxes for both rich and poor while increasing spending for military programs and his mass deportations

Coal is probably a big reason.

Politicians know we need it, or they would have cut it out already. Yes, there are Democrat governors in Southern states.

Let them leave. Make sure they can't do business in the US again.

A lot of the elites are just hoarding cash and not investing in the US, so it's no loss to the average American.

>>upper class packs up and leaves
Where are they gonna go? Canada?

Obama's America is so great . . .

The chart is slightly misleading, that is per month, not per annuam

I said upper class, not the elite, that means the well paid engineers, doctors etc.
The elite does not give a fuck about taxes.

Any good recent documentarys on poor people in the US?

It's no secret that two adult wage earners living under one roof is all that is required to not be in poverty. Democrats have just done a great job destroying the family unit. . . don't worry though, they can fix it if you continue to vote for them.

>I said upper class, not the elite, that means the well paid engineers, doctors etc.

Any other white country has taxes just as bad. You think a Scandinavian country or Germany will have lighter taxes?

They probably don't want to move to a country that would actually be much better for their wealth like the Philippines.

Being broke because you're a retard and being broke because you're earning minimum wage are two very different things.

Pro athletes go broke because they buy 10 cars with their first pay cheques.

A household with two-parents working is broken, who will take care of the children?

A man used to be able to get something like a factory job with just a high-school education and be able to buy a house and support wife/kids.

You can't do that now.

Thanks jews.

>endless welfare makes a nation more prosperous

>non-white problems

boring

Check your privilege. Either you have a great support system of family and infrastructure like good schools, or you're some sort of genius who was granted multiple scholarships. Either way, it's not too hard to see how it is hard for some people.

The most criminal thing though is how the different colleges at a university compete for students, selling the idea of success with X degree by using biased info. You need smart enough friends or family to teach you just how to weed through the different scams you'll be exposed to.

>why are people who are being increasingly replaced by progressivist policies voting conservatives

'Murrica the beautiful. Good thing I expated from Alabama and live in Jersey now. Not a cuck, industrial electrician. You can't make six figures with benefits in a union down south.

>Any other white country has taxes just as bad. You think a Scandinavian country or Germany will have lighter taxes?
But Scandinavia also invests said taxes into those rich peoples lives via public schools, healthcare etc., tax for welfare does nothing for the upper class

this wouldnt happen if we just increase taxes and put more regulations on companies and small businesses.

You're a fucking NEET moron and you should kill your parents and yourself.

>tax for welfare does nothing for the upper class

It's the only thing stopping massive civil unrest and the end of our capitalist society.

Take away all forms of welfare and the massive amount of people relying off them will commit all sorts of crime, they won't just peacefully starve to death.

Who will buy the good that keeps the rich rich?

>capitalist
you mean corporatist.

>Who will buy the good that keeps the rich rich?
They're buying said stuff through the rich peoples money that the state took off them.

We could do be doing better with our economic policies, but that doesn't change the reality that most Americans are stupid as fuck and buy the dumbest shit.

>and then I told them change was coming
>and they thought it was for the better

Poverty line tier americans have
Enough food to be fat
Electricity
Internet
Smartphones
Cars
Air conditioning, refrigerators, microwaves
Drinkable water
Free school k-12
And a 100% chance to better themselves with hardwork and sacrifice regardless of race, gender, or geographic area. Even the shitiest 3rd world south texas mexican towns, nigger cities, or creepy cracker w. Virginia slav tier dungheaps are doing better than most of the world. I grew up in a migrant farm worker family and thru effort we are now solidly middle class

Tax heavens and just permanent vacation in the US

>$2375
>Two bed
>Affordable
M8, something with three bed and two bath here is around $1000-$1200

correction, the US poverty line

no one gives a fuck about where you grew up.

This

Families living in the same area for a hundred years have nothing to show for it because they spend their money on things that only depreciate in value.

Stop buying shitty products, and save. Buy a book, read it a few times, buy a new one. Stop going to movies, they'll lower the price of admission or go out of business. Stop buying video games, they'll lower the price or go out of business. I'm not saying it's the only problem, but our consumerist culture of instant gratification is at least partially to blame.

>They're buying said stuff through the rich peoples money that the state took off them.

Yeah, and it's the only thing that keeps this sham of an economic system afloat.

Plebs buy good -> capitalists profit -> capitalists pay taxes -> tax money goes into pockets of plebs -> plebs buy goods

It's still a good deal for the rich. They get to stay rich and not have to worry about societal collapse which would make their wealth worthless.

>the roaches actually believe me

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