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@resjudicata You're right, the struggles of a couple having an income in the teens is very comparable to the struggles of a couple making 100k. There is barely a difference. How can you possibly think a couple making eighty thousand more dollars than another couple are having the same...

@resjudicata I thought 19k was the federal poverty line for a single person household, but it's actually 13k in 2022. https://dced.pa.gov/housing-and-development/weatherization/income-eligibility/

@resjudicata There are mainly two reasons why I say that. First, the poverty line for a single person is about $19k. Second, if you're making 100k, even if you pay 3k per month for rent, that's 36k per year. That still leaves you with 66k per year. Student loans on top of that aren't leaving...

@neco I feel like most redditors have a very flawed perception of what "poverty" actually is. I don't mean OP specifically; I mean most redditors. Also not really meant as an offensive attack, but like, if I'm being completely honest, some of the things that I see people say are just ludicrous...

@findingrest I very much disagree. I think that many, many, many redditors have a very flawed idea of what "poverty" actually is.