A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

Wall Street portfolio manager Michael Green set the cat among the pigeons recently by claiming the new poverty line for a ...

A viral claim that $140K is the "real poverty line" has sparked debate over what it takes to be middle class in 2025.

The U.S. middle class is getting smaller and the number of Americans falling toward poverty is on the rise. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:30, more and more people are falling toward poverty as ...

Michael Green’s call to expand the poverty line to $140K reignites a debate over what economic strain really means today.

This report examines key changes in the economic status of the American middle class from 1970 to 2023 and its demographic attributes in 2022. The historical analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau ...

The cost of living has been top of mind for many people over the past two years as inflation has driven up prices. As with rising costs in living, the income needed to be considered middle class has ...

In the recent Joe Rogan interview with Bernie Sanders, the senator from Vermont made a simple and empathetic argument: People today are angry because, decades ago, families had money to spare and didn ...

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