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FlyingSquirlez OP t1_jdvxyqi wrote

The SPM, first released in 2011 and produced with support from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), extends the official poverty measure by taking account of many government programs that are designed to assist low-income families but are not included in the official poverty measure. The SPM also includes federal and state taxes and work and medical expenses. In addition, the SPM accounts for geographic variation in poverty thresholds, while the official poverty measure does not.

Census website that has the report data, including useful statistics such as official poverty measure by state, margins of error, and further information on how poverty data is collected in the census: https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2022/demo/p60-277.html

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mastakhan t1_jdwgc2f wrote

Worth highlighting that because the SPM adjusts for geographical housing costs, high cost of living locations are naturally going to have much higher rates of poverty. Many people are being priced out of high cost of living areas (and is an important part of the picture), but also worth understanding that even people making well above the poverty line would be considered poor in this measure, even if they're not considered poor in the majority of the country.

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jmlinden7 t1_jdwjilh wrote

Why would it matter if they're not considered poor in the majority of the country, when their income makes them poor where they actually live? If you tell someone making $40k in San Francisco that $40k isn't considered poor in Mississippi, that doesn't help the fact that they can't pay their bills every month

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mastakhan t1_jdwk9nt wrote

I agree with you, and noted this as important in my comment above. I'm just adding context for understanding why the SPM differs from the official measure of poverty.

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LakeSun t1_je0dt9t wrote

That's all true, but in California, the Pot is extremely strong. There's a horde of young people that don't have jobs and are begging on the street. It's as bad a heroin addiction. This pot gives you schizophrenia symptoms too. Plus the dealers are cutting their weed with fentanyl.

NJ just passed a law banning legal sale of overly potent weed. It's an epidemic.

"New Jersey will cap total dose per package at 100mg THC, and the edible in each package must be demarcated into 10mg THC portions."

Also, it seems to be happening in NY too.

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orchidloom t1_je3mvis wrote

Holy cow that's a lot of misinformation. No, weed does not give you schizophrenia symptoms. No, people are not putting fentanyl into weed. Are edible THC products too strong? Sure, I'll give you that. Most people without a tolerance do not need the high amount of THC in edibles, especially considering most people want to eat more than one bite of something.

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