>A person is considered to be in relative poverty if they are living in households with income below 60% of the median average income of the population.
Relative poverty is a stupid metric, because by definition the bottom ~15-20% will always be in poverty regardless of their actual living conditions. They could be living in luxury and still be considered to be in relative poverty.
Poverty should be measured by measuring actual living conditions.
Designer_Bat4390 on
UK poverty stats are pointless. I’m working in social housing, I see a lot of these so called kids in poverty, the kids are often fat and the families have pets, only thing they seem to be unable to afford is carpet.
D1789 on
“A person is considered to be in relative poverty if they are living in households with income below 60% of the median average income of the population.”
Maybe we need a different word for this then, because when I read “13 million living in poverty” I instantly thing “what a load of bullshit” because, in my mind, poverty is being destitute and struggling to survive day-to-day, not just having less money than others.
It kind of dilutes the meaning of “poverty”, which is very unfair in those people who *genuinely* are impoverished because it’s these people who need our help the most.
No-Taro-6953 on
Looking forward to all the comments insisting these people are just lazy and fat and should just eat more frozen veg.
TheWorldIsGoingMad on
This is cobblers. To the vast majority of people there is no real poverty in this country. Poverty would be not being able to eat, or having no roof over your head. Defining poverty as a percentage of average income is double cobblers because using that definition it can never be eradicated, certainly not in a free market (and thus richer) economy . Other systems have been tried :
*Man walks into a car showroom back in 1983 Russia. He is impressed with the Lada on sale there, I like it he says I will have it, when can you deliver it ?*
*The sales man checks up and replies it’ll be on the 13th June 1985, do you want it in the morning or the afternoon ?*
*It’ll have to be the afternoon as I have a washing machine coming in the morning*
BusyBeeBridgette on
relative poverty and actual poverty are two -very- different things.
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>relative poverty
>A person is considered to be in relative poverty if they are living in households with income below 60% of the median average income of the population.
Relative poverty is a stupid metric, because by definition the bottom ~15-20% will always be in poverty regardless of their actual living conditions. They could be living in luxury and still be considered to be in relative poverty.
Poverty should be measured by measuring actual living conditions.
UK poverty stats are pointless. I’m working in social housing, I see a lot of these so called kids in poverty, the kids are often fat and the families have pets, only thing they seem to be unable to afford is carpet.
“A person is considered to be in relative poverty if they are living in households with income below 60% of the median average income of the population.”
Maybe we need a different word for this then, because when I read “13 million living in poverty” I instantly thing “what a load of bullshit” because, in my mind, poverty is being destitute and struggling to survive day-to-day, not just having less money than others.
It kind of dilutes the meaning of “poverty”, which is very unfair in those people who *genuinely* are impoverished because it’s these people who need our help the most.
Looking forward to all the comments insisting these people are just lazy and fat and should just eat more frozen veg.
This is cobblers. To the vast majority of people there is no real poverty in this country. Poverty would be not being able to eat, or having no roof over your head. Defining poverty as a percentage of average income is double cobblers because using that definition it can never be eradicated, certainly not in a free market (and thus richer) economy . Other systems have been tried :
*Man walks into a car showroom back in 1983 Russia. He is impressed with the Lada on sale there, I like it he says I will have it, when can you deliver it ?*
*The sales man checks up and replies it’ll be on the 13th June 1985, do you want it in the morning or the afternoon ?*
*It’ll have to be the afternoon as I have a washing machine coming in the morning*
relative poverty and actual poverty are two -very- different things.