Debate brews over new method to measure poverty – USA Today
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Debate brews over new method to measure poverty
USA Today The new method for the first time adds the value of food stamps, school lunches, housing subsidies and the earned income tax credit. It also subtracts payroll and income taxes, child care costs and out-of-pocket medical expenses. … New census measure shows aid programs are helping poor children | Philadelphia … New poverty calculus: Cause for alarm or political deception? No matter how you slice it, the new census numbers show the last decade has … |
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