To be fair, the US isn’t exactly the best example. A country of vast natural wealth that was stolen from its native inhabitants and then developed on the backs of slaves ferried in from West Africa and boundless cheap Labour from the four corners of the globe.
Fine Gael policies really do encapsulate this song
Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don’t we?
We all know that people are the same wherever we go
There is good and bad in everyone
We learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive
Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don’t we?
Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony
Ebony, Ivory, Ooh
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad in everyone
We learn to live, when we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together alive
Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don’t we?
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don’t we?
Poverty by the US definition essentially means dependent on some form of government assistance.
A family of 4 earning $30K per year pay no income taxes, get about $650 a month in food stamps, and get free health care (Medicaid). Extreme poverty is not having to live off $40K per year, especially in areas where the cost of living is extremely low.