Kidplayer_666 to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftimagemessage-square1712fedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down1319
arrow-up11.07Karrow-down1imageLemmy might, MIGHT have a small bias towards the leftKidplayer_666 to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square1712fedilink
minus-squarerusticuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoUnemployment rates are not poverty rates. And those have been pretty stable since 1950. Less than 4% in 2018 and 2019 for example. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506
minus-squareCatradora_Stalinism [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe US standards for poverty have been lowered every few years, so it makes sense its low.
minus-squarerusticuslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNegative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States Corrected for the redesigned equation (see caption of Figure 4). It’s been more or less stable for 50 years.
Unemployment rates are not poverty rates. And those have been pretty stable since 1950. Less than 4% in 2018 and 2019 for example.
https://www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506
The US standards for poverty have been lowered every few years, so it makes sense its low.
Negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States
Corrected for the redesigned equation (see caption of Figure 4). It’s been more or less stable for 50 years.