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Re:Is Brazil finally ready to fulfill on its destiny as the ... by muhfuhkuh on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @05:48PM (#2006074)
Really, I've read that it's less than 20%[1], which isn't 1/3. Abject poverty or indigence (the "no clean water or sewers") rate, according to the link I dug up, is 7%.

I mean, compare the poverty threshold is US$10000, wherein 15% of Americans fall in. Additionally, 6-7% fall in extreme poverty, where US citizens make less than 50% of the poverty threshold[2].

So, as in your argument, it's all about scale.

[1]http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/09/20/2954375.htm

[2]http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/the-poorest-sta...

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Re:Is Brazil finally ready to fulfill on its destiny as the ... by anamax on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @06:41PM (#2006251)
> I mean, compare the poverty threshold is US$10000, wherein 15% of Americans fall in. Additionally, 6-7% fall in extreme poverty, where US citizens make less than 50% of the poverty threshold[2].

The poverty thresholds are different. (In addition, the US, the poverty numbers don't always count govt aid received.)

Would you rather be poor in Brazil or poor in the US?

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