Stlhd,

No. Take the poverty level vs the avg income of most nations and you will see that the poor in the US are closer to the avg wage than almost any other nation. This does not include subsidies and program asistance which is non existant in the 3rd world governments. Then there are the extremes For example in East king county if you make less than $90k combined you qualify for "low income housing" because of the median price of a home. In the bay area you could get a section 8 voucher for $5000 a month in rent due to housing laws requiring Multifamily developments to reflect and meet the demographic of the comunity in which they are built. Show me programs like those in Bangladesh. So poor is relative in this country and not so in others.