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| Subject: Re: and how many US children live below Canada's poverty line? | |
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Author: Duncan7 |
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Date Posted: 21:48:39 07/12/07 Thu In reply to: sci guy 's message, "and how many US children live below Canada's poverty line?" on 17:06:25 07/12/07 Thu When was I bragging? Just pointing out how sunny your own country is. >The poverty rate in the United States is one of the >highest among the post-industrialized developed >world.[4] > > > >href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_Unite >d_States">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_U >nited_States > > > >us poverty thresholds. > >One person, under 65 years -- $8,959 >One person, 65 years and over -- $8,259 >Two people, householder under 65 years, including one >child under 18 years -- $11,869 >Four people, including two children under 18 years -- >$17,463 > >now, read about Canada's poverty line.... > > >href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/economy/poverty >-line.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/economy/p >overty-line.html > >whre a family of four.... >500,000 + 100,000-499,999 30,000-99,999 Less than >30,000* Rural > > $38,610 $33,251 $33,046 $30,238 $26,579 > > > >So perhaps you might think about that other 10 to 20 >thousand dollars that our poor are able to earn and >still be classified as such. > >Bragging rights? You HAVE no bragging right! > > >>You do not have bragging rights, >> >> >>href="http://www.campaign2000.ca/rc/">http://www.campa >i >>gn2000.ca/rc/ >> >>> >>>href="http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday/">ht >t >>p >>>://www.taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday/ >>> >>>US.... April 30th, 2007 >>> >>> >>>href="http://www.adamsmith.org/tax/Tax%20Freedom%20Da >y >>/ >>>Home%20Page.html">http://www.adamsmith.org/tax/Tax%20 >F >>r >>>eedom%20Day/Home%20Page.html >>> >>>UK June 1st, 2007 >>> >>> >>>href="http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/taxcalc.as >p >>" >>>>http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/taxcalc.asp >>>Canada, June 30th, (my "personal tax freedom day" was >>>June 15th!) >>> >>>I'm rather glad that my taxes are paying to provide >>>health care for all. Another month? A trifle >>>compared to the cost of having people go bankrupt to >>>have heart surgery. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |