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A comment on The Four Quadrants of Conformism. Parent comment
"The official poverty definition uses money income before taxes and does not include capital gains or noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps)." (https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidanc...)
After these programs, the poverty rate is reduced by 53% (https://www.nber.org/papers/w24567.pdf)
I was looking more at the relative change versus arguing the numbers were absolute.
"The official poverty definition uses money income before taxes and does not include capital gains or noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps)." (https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidanc...)
After these programs, the poverty rate is reduced by 53% (https://www.nber.org/papers/w24567.pdf)