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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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