1. La FPL: Una Medida Obsoleta y No Funcional.
La principal crítica es que la FPL se basa en una fórmula de los años 60 (tres veces el costo de una dieta mínima) que no refleja los gastos modernos, especialmente vivienda y atención médica. Esto resulta en umbrales de ingresos que no son habitables.
- The formula for calculating the federal poverty line needs to be redesigned using modern real life data.
- Federal poverty line is 15k a year. This is calculated by taking cost of food x3, seriously.
- The poverty line is the worst metric to describe how much you need to survive economically in the united states today.
- The federal poverty line is based on food prices from the 60s. Food was 33 of your budget back then. Now its 10. Rent, medical, insurance over 100 inflation adjusted. Yet, not even in the math.
2. Cifras Oficiales vs. Pobreza Real.
Aunque las cifras oficiales del Censo de EE. UU. sitúan la pobreza en alrededor de 11-13% (36-40 millones de personas), muchos argumentan que la pobreza real es mucho mayor, incluyendo a quienes viven al día o justo por encima de la FPL.
- According to the us census bureau 36.8 million people lived below the poverty line in 2023.
- In 2024, the poverty threshold for a single individual in the us is 15,060. For a family of four, its 29,960.
- Tldr the way we calculate the poverty line is ridiculous. Per the current method 36 million americans live in poverty. But using a more reasonable measure there are 140 million! 40 of the population!
- 60 of american adults lives paycheck to paycheck. Thats 151m that wont survive a crisis or will go further into debt because of a crisis.
3. El Umbral de Ingresos y la Crisis de Vivienda.
Los umbrales de la FPL para 2025 son insuficientes para cubrir el alquiler promedio en cualquier condado de EE. UU., lo que subraya que la FPL es, de facto, una "línea de indigencia extrema".
- The federal poverty line in 2025 is 15,650. A two-person household would have a poverty line of 21,150.
- Us federal poverty line is 15k a year! you cant rent an apartment in any county in us on that and still have money for food. This is extreme poverty.
- The poverty line for a 4-person household is 32,150year. For one person its 15,650year.
- The poverty line is 15,560 per year. People making 20,00 per year probably still need our help, mr. Waynemullin.
4. Propuestas de Reforma y Estándares Internacionales.
Existe un fuerte consenso en la necesidad de reformar la FPL, sugiriendo que se indexe a los costos de vida locales o se adopte el estándar europeo (60% del salario medio), lo que elevaría el umbral de pobreza significativamente.
- Progressives need to push to change how we calculate federal poverty line. Today they calculate by 3x cost of food, stupid. 15k a year the eu calculates it as 60 the median income 39k a year.
- If we did that it would be 25k a year. 40 million fall under 15k, how many under 25k? 100 million? are 1 in 3 living in poverty?
- The poverty line should be raised to 30k minimum.
- The us has the 2nd highest poverty rate of any oecd country, second only to costa rica.