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> On Monday, March 25, 2019 at 10:18:40 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 2019-03-25 11:02 p.m., Julie Bove wrote:
>> >
>> > I am
>> > currently working on my taxes. Can't file yet as I'm waiting on some
>> > paperwork but I do know my total income for the year and that total
>> > puts
>> > me below the poverty level for this area. Poverty level being
>> > $72,000.00
>> > per year
>>
>>
>> I'm calling bullshit on that one. The poverty threhold for Washington
>> is $24,339 for a family of four. The median household income is 86,167.
>>
> I'm with you, it IS bullshit as I checked the Federal Poverty Guide.
> Where
> she comes up with these numbers, I don't want to know.

I got that figure from the news. I posted links. Here's one of them:

https://www.deptofnumbers.com/income...ngton/seattle/