warrior queen
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I was listening to our National public radio broadcast station last night, and there was a segment on the rise of poor people/families in Australia.
They defined poor as below a certain income level, renting rather than owning a home, having a car 10 yrs old or more, and not having any savings.
Then they had an elderly man on, who was dismissive of their definition of poor - because he grew up during the depression and his family lived in a single room, had meat once a week if they were lucky, and struggled every day just to survive. He noted that today, even the lowest socio-economic level had flatscreen tv's, mobile phones, access to reliable welfare and health care, and ate regular meals (even if they were mainly junk food).
What would you define as 'poor' in your country?
They defined poor as below a certain income level, renting rather than owning a home, having a car 10 yrs old or more, and not having any savings.
Then they had an elderly man on, who was dismissive of their definition of poor - because he grew up during the depression and his family lived in a single room, had meat once a week if they were lucky, and struggled every day just to survive. He noted that today, even the lowest socio-economic level had flatscreen tv's, mobile phones, access to reliable welfare and health care, and ate regular meals (even if they were mainly junk food).
What would you define as 'poor' in your country?