Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml • 11 months agoLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftimagemessage-square1232 fedilinkarrow-up1603
arrow-up1603imageLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftKidplayer_666@lemm.ee to Memes@lemmy.ml • 11 months agomessage-square1232 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarerusticus@lemm.eehexbear1·11 months agoUnemployment rates are not poverty rates. And those have been pretty stable since 1950. Less than 4% in 2018 and 2019 for example. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506 linkfedilink
minus-squareCatradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]hexbear7·11 months agoThe US standards for poverty have been lowered every few years, so it makes sense its low. link
minus-squarerusticus@lemm.eehexbear1·11 months agoNegative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States Corrected for the redesigned equation (see caption of Figure 4). It's been more or less stable for 50 years. linkfedilink
You can start with unemployment rates
Unemployment rates are not poverty rates. And those have been pretty stable since 1950. Less than 4% in 2018 and 2019 for example.
https://www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506
The US standards for poverty have been lowered every few years, so it makes sense its low.
Negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States
Corrected for the redesigned equation (see caption of Figure 4). It's been more or less stable for 50 years.