AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.mlM to Political Humor@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago"Venezuela is still bad though"lemmy.mlimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10
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minus-squareThepinyaroma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago12% of people are in poverty so 50% being low income sounds right. Especially cuz 60k a year is basically poverty in some parts of the country. About 9% of kids are “food insecure” meaning their household income is so low access to food is uncertain or limited. I wouldn’t have technically qualified as either poverty-stricken or food insecure as a child, but I sure felt poor and went to bed hungry sometimes. The numbers here may not be accurate, but the official numbers are bleak enough and certainly don’t tell the whole story.
12% of people are in poverty so 50% being low income sounds right. Especially cuz 60k a year is basically poverty in some parts of the country.
About 9% of kids are “food insecure” meaning their household income is so low access to food is uncertain or limited.
I wouldn’t have technically qualified as either poverty-stricken or food insecure as a child, but I sure felt poor and went to bed hungry sometimes.
The numbers here may not be accurate, but the official numbers are bleak enough and certainly don’t tell the whole story.