Like, are people cool with that? Or is the poverty definition unrealistic? Genuinely boggles my mind.
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@bazzacollins Presumably they're using the government's standard poverty definition, though I don't know what that is here. -
@njkobie@bazzacollins govt standard is based on % of avg. which means it'll never be eliminated.#GovtMaths -
@pjbryant@bazzacollins Yeah, I guess that's what I'm asking: how do they decide what poverty is defined as here? No idea. -
@njkobie@bazzacollins old reference, but sounds right <60% average salary. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4070112.stm …. it needs to be based on what people have -
@pjbryant@bazzacollins yeah, that's exactly it -- defined like that, it's meaningless. -
@njkobie@bazzacollins 50 years or more back it was "indoor toilet, fridge etc" far few fit that measure than the 60%. -
@pjbryant yeah, in Canada it's something like what percentage of your income you spend on basics - so what basics mean shifts thru the years
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