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Economy

Sanity Claws

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1. The True Cost of Living

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:05 PM

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United Way and other organizations have done lots of studies on the True Cost of Living and how the federal poverty levels is outdated.

Here is a link to the report that the United Way did for NYC's true cost of living, if you are interested, https://unitedwaynyc.org/true-cost-of-living/

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The Poverty Line is actually $140K for a family of 4. Why so many are struggling and angry. [View all] jmbar2 Wednesday OP

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