It's enough to get a can of Coke (not everywhere though).

I think the point is that $1 a day is acceptable if it provides shelter/food etc.

Which it doesn’t.

It does in many very poor nations. What's the significance of the $1 figure anyway? Whose point hinges on this number?

> What's the significance of the $1 figure anyway?

This article gives a bit of background about that figure: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17312819

It doesn't IF it doesn't provide for said things. That's the point.

I got the parent’s point; you missed mine ;)

I was talking about the second part of the comment: $1 doesn’t provide you shelter/food/etc.

No. $1 is not enough.

That's my point though. Talking dollar amounts isn't the end goal. The end goal is what you can get for the money.