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Re:Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and Wh... by bald on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @01:42PM (#17240149)
Not saying I support the original idea, but there's objective, widely agreed-upon definitions for poverty, so it should be possible to transfer these to define low income.
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Re:Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and Wh... by drb91 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @04:56PM (#17241961)
> objective, widely agreed-upon definitions for poverty

No, there aren’t; this is a political line that doesn’t make any sense at all. This is why “livable wage” is a phrase: just getting above the poverty line does not imply you can live on your income. The poverty line is pegged too low to be meaningful, at least here in US.

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Re:Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and Wh... by megablast on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @07:47PM (#17243187)
Like everything that exists in the real world, it doesn't have to be perfect.
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Re:Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and Wh... by drb91 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @09:00PM (#17243563)
...right, but if you don't care about how accurate it is, the value of distinguishing people is questionable.
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Re:Behind the Messy, Expensive Split Between Facebook and Wh... by mr_toad on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @08:14PM (#17243336)
The widely agreed upon definition of poverty varies hugely from country to country.
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