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Shi Huangdi
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Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 1999
time: 00:22
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quote:
Originally posted by Pekka
Shi, would you like to compare? Our poor people do better than your people, thus we must be more rich? Wrong.
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From the earlier quoted article:
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But what about equality? Well, the percentage of Americans living below the poverty line has dropped to 12% from 22% since 1959. In 1999, 25% of American households were considered "low income," meaning they had an annual income of less than $25,000. If Sweden--the very model of a modern welfare state--were judged by the same standard, about 40% of its households would be considered low-income.
In other words poverty is relative, and in the U.S. a large 45.9% of the "poor" own their homes, 72.8% have a car and almost 77% have air conditioning, which remains a luxury in most of Western Europe. The average living space for poor American households is 1,200 square feet. In Europe, the average space for all households, not just the poor, is 1,000 square feet. |
Our people people on average have bigger homes then you. Your poor aren't better off then our poor at all! PWNINATION!!
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aneeshm
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Indore , Madhya Pradesh
Jul 2001
time: 10:52
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Where does India fit into all this ( in terms of GDP , of course , not per capita ) ?
Last edited by aneeshm on 26-05-2005 at 09:55
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