A nerdy economics essay recently went viral. It asserted that the federal measure for the poverty line was woefully outdated and that for a family of four, the income needed today to function in American society was $140,000.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/middle-class-us-economy-affordability.html