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Why the poor in America stay poor

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Differences Between the Official and Supplemental Poverty Measures

CNN's John Sutter asks a question about how we measure poverty. He says the answer can be very different depending on how you do it. The paradox is that government aid on poverty spending has increased, he says. But by other measures, poverty has been persistent, Sutter argues.

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