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The study also said that the poor in the EU live better than the poor in the US.
In total about 100 million people in the US are considered as living just above or below the poverty line.
(sj, 30 April 2014 02:24)
Lets analyze the life in the US. I will translate into euros so you can see the picture.
Poverty level family of 4 Salary of $1987 month(1435 euro) according to the B92 Serbia avg salary is 375 euro or 1/4th of what a person in poverty in the US makes.
This family of 4 would qualify for Medicaid which is free health care.
This family of 4 would qualify for about $800 (578 euro) in food subsidies usually called food stamps.
Their children would qualify for free breakfast and lunch at school.
In addition to NOT having to pay any income tax, when filing tax forms they would qualify for up to $5700 (4100 euro) close to the annual salary of avg Serbian in a earned income credit annual payment.
In addition they qualify for housing and utility subsidies.
Even with the disparity of living standards the poverty level family live better than the average citizen in Serbia.
Now is it an ideal life-no but is it the desolate picture you want to paint where people are living in cardboard shacks not by a long shot.
Now there are people who choose not to accept the govt assistance programs and they do live very desolate lives but those are personal choices they make or do not understand how to access those programs.
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