Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

That is, half the poverty line is ... not poor. Let me repeat that: the WH claims that a a single parent of 2 with $10,000 in income isn't poor. Does anyone who has ever stepped outside a gated suburban community believe that? 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 23, 2019 Hibernated

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

According to the Census, 5.7 percent of the U.S. population lives below 1/2 of the official poverty line. For a single parent with two children, the poverty threshold is $19,749. So the White House is basically saying that a single mother with 2 kids and an income of $10K ... 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 23, 2019 Hibernated

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You can follow the links from @MilesCorak for serious scholarship on this issue, but the absurdity of the claim should have told the WH right away that there was something drastically wrong with their whole approach 6/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 23, 2019 Hibernated