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>I do have to ask though. $11.00 an hour. I assume that there is, in the US, as in Canada, a 'poverty line'? Where exactly is that line, and is it realistic?
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>Alan

Alan;

Good question!

Here is the best I could find on the Internet. I reduced it to 1990-92. This does not take location into account. Where I live it is very expensive to "exist".

Families Below Poverty Line in the United States

*Average income cutoff for family of four; for 1959-92, for nonfarm families.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
1990 13,359
1991 13,924
1992 14,335

Tom