Coolcat1711

It’s unfortunate how tightly coupled military, engineering and $$ are. If you want the last two, you’re working with the first…

Thank you for repping the movie Up (2009) in 2026! I admire your artistic commitment to this community.

Honestly though, that guy is having a blast and I respect it.

I highly recommend that you read the actual substack article.

The claim is based around how the original poverty line was the cost of food multiplied by 3. This assumes that food is 33% of your spending and that your other expenses are approximately the other 67%.

The $140k value is based around the fact that the ratio has shifted immensely. Food is cheap in the US relative to the other goods/services required to live in society. If you take the new ratio and extrapolate it out, the multiplier is over 10x the cost of food to account for the other components of spending.

Even if you want to debate the actual number itself. The poverty line is laughable and anyone living at it is legitimately destitute, not just in “casual poverty”