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It depends on which poverty line you are comparing it to because every nation has a different level of poverty. The CIA World Factbook states Iraq population below the poverty line to be at 25%. As a ,US. soldier who was deployed for over a year to Iraq, I can tell you that it is extremely higher compared to that of United States standards. Anyone who has ever been to Iraq knows that there are still people living in the biblical era as far as herding there flock, living in mud brick housing, and traveling by camel. I can assure you I am not joking here it is more so common in the south among the Shiites.
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For a single person in the United States the poverty level is defined as $11,490 annual earnings by the 2013 Federal Poverty Level guidelines. The poverty level for a family of four is defined as $23,500 annually.
The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.
The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.
One in Six Americans live in Poverty
Absolute poverty is the minimum level of income possible before poverty becomes life threatening.
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An income that is not the same as that of a government union worker is at the poverty level
I would imagine that people below the poverty level will get a tax decrease.
The "poverty line" is the level of income that separates the people who live in poverty from everyone else. It is not an official line and no specific income has been established as the "poverty line". It is an expression used in conversation to replace the lengthy expression "the level of income that separates poor people from people who are not poor".