Could the poverty line actually be $140,000 a year? What the latest data suggest

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Yahoo

A viral post claims $140,000 is the new poverty line. Here's the math

A Wall Street portfolio manager has gone viral with a blog post that posits a new poverty line for a family of four in America: $140,000 a year. It’s a large number. The Federal Poverty Level set by ...
Forbes

When The Poverty Line Is Too Low, Everyone Pays The Price

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. It’s time to retire the outdated federal poverty line and ...

These N.J. residents are more likely to live in poverty than their neighbors

New Jersey’s Hispanic residents were more likely to live below the poverty line than other groups, according to the latest ...
Delaware County Daily Times

Letter: Congress must pass the Poverty Line Act

When I think of poverty, I don’t just imagine someone living in extreme crisis. I think about families like mine in Delaware County, families just barely above the official poverty line, struggling ...
Washington Examiner

The poverty line is not $100,000. Zoning is just making housing too expensive

When socialist muckraker Upton Sinclair dropped his gonzo exposé on the abysmal working conditions of Chicago’s meatpacking industry, the public was enraptured and horrified by the serial that ...
Yahoo Finance

Could the Poverty Line Actually Be $140,000 a Year? What the Latest Data Suggest

A prominent strategist contends that the real "poverty line" for a family of four is $140,000, not the official threshold of $32,150. Created in the 1960s, the formula used to calculate the poverty ...