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		heurist on Sept 20, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why are today's teens putting off driving, dating ... Don't worry, kids today are still suffering. Children in America today have a 1 in 5 rate of living in poverty, roughly the same 40 years ago.

robocat on Sept 20, 2017 [–]

Probably because the definition of poverty always shifts to make the lowest x% in “poverty”...?

Retra on Sept 20, 2017 | [–]

The definition of poverty shifts because the wealth required to survive shifts.

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