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Sen. Marco Rubio says itâs time for President Biden to get Americans back to work.
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After a year of devastating human losses and debilitating lockdowns to curb the spread of the coronavirus, small businesses in Tampa are staring down another challenge today: an inability to find new workers.
Why? Much of the reason has to do with the Biden administrationâs unemployment benefits, which are so massive that theyâre incentivizing would-be workers to stay home instead of looking for jobs. Even with vaccination rates soaring and COVID-19 case counts plummeting, the administrationâs policies are now, for millions, precluding getting back to normal.
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Measuring Poverty in the United States: Comparing Measurement Methods
Tara O Neill Hayes
Executive Summary
The Official Poverty Measure (OPM) estimates roughly how many people are unable to afford basic needs without any (or with very little) government assistance based on income and an average national cost of food in the 1960s, adjusted annually for inflation.
The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) uses more of a net income approach to estimate how many people are unable to afford anything besides basic needs after they have received government assistance and paid certain expenses, based on average costs of food, clothing, utilities, and localized housing costs.