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Originally Posted by mangajunky
The statistics may be skewed because there are things that can be tracked in the USA that aren't tracked in other countries as efficiently. I know that there is poverty in the USA, I see it every day - but I'm sure that there are millions of people in other countries that you don't read about simply because they can't walk down the street with their ID and apply for food assistance.
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yes but actually that tends to work in reverse. often the statistics for so-called third world countries are grossly exagerated for fundraising purposes.. and American statistics are minimalized in order to reduce the appearance of problems in America..