tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post490769758408245894..comments2024-03-27T18:00:02.032-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Another Pop QuizKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-3844860431572865022014-10-08T08:07:16.014-04:002014-10-08T08:07:16.014-04:00Actually, I missed the SS question! I was trying t...Actually, I missed the SS question! I was trying to figure out if they were steering you towards "SS is unsustainable" or "OMG! deficit!". I went with interest payments. I should have known. <br />Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-45852305974252165802014-10-07T21:52:10.729-04:002014-10-07T21:52:10.729-04:00Like Zee, I got all but the poverty rate question ...Like Zee, I got all but the poverty rate question correct.<br /><br />As Zee said, "Shoulda known that the government would always lowball the truth".<br /><br />To which I would add, I <i>did</i> know that the government has for at least a couple of decades been playing fast-and-loose with both the unemployment rate and the consumer price index. So, yeah, I should have also known that the official poverty rate would be structured to look better than poverty numbers are in real-world, practical terms.Fred Drumlevitchhttp://www.freddrumlevitch.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-83978270398384300522014-10-07T17:23:57.289-04:002014-10-07T17:23:57.289-04:00I got all the questions correct, but only because ...I got all the questions correct, but only because I knew the Social Security question was BS.<br /><br />The official child poverty rate in the US is right about 25%- which is quite closer to the actual poverty rate, in my opinion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885335230151254931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-7240569495382296312014-10-07T17:17:12.925-04:002014-10-07T17:17:12.925-04:00Well, pass me the dunce cap. I missed both the SS...Well, pass me the dunce cap. I missed both the SS question AND the poverty one. Karen has already explained her (and my) thought process for the SS question. Here's mine on the poverty question.<br /><br />"Approximately what share of Americans currently live at or below the federal poverty line?" --Pew<br /><br />It depends on where "at" is. (h/t, Bill) A few thousand bucks immediately over the poverty line is, to me, very, very near poor and therefore AT the threshold of poverty.<br /><br />There was no need for Pew to throw "at" into the question if they were only asking for the official figure of those living BELOW the poverty level. "AT" loosens up the whole question. Or does Pew consider a one dollar bill to be a great wall between the poor and the almost-there poor?<br /><br />Pew will probably buck my protest to the government office that sets the poverty line.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-14545241215565056552014-10-06T18:06:36.367-04:002014-10-06T18:06:36.367-04:00Zee,
Poverty could also be construed as a trick q...Zee,<br /><br />Poverty could also be construed as a trick question. The "official" percentage is 15%, but depending on the data measured, that number is as high as 30-50% percent if you factor in the number of people who report being only a paycheck or catastrophic illness away from destitution.Karen Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-36775377143503919472014-10-06T17:54:16.778-04:002014-10-06T17:54:16.778-04:00Well, I lost my wager. I thought that the officia...Well, I lost my wager. I thought that the official number for people living in poverty was closer to 25% than 15% given what I read not only here but elsewhere, too.<br /><br />Shoulda known that the government would always lowball the truth<br /><br />Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-88183850956323420902014-10-06T17:41:16.380-04:002014-10-06T17:41:16.380-04:00I, too missed a single question and like annenigma...I, too missed a single question and like annenigma and Kat, I, too, will wager we all missed the same one for the same reason.Zeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-63964586152737275612014-10-06T13:20:25.255-04:002014-10-06T13:20:25.255-04:00I bet we all missed the same question.I bet we all missed the same question.Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-41750679179858746432014-10-06T12:20:02.172-04:002014-10-06T12:20:02.172-04:00Same score here, and probably based on the same di...Same score here, and probably based on the same discerning/discriminating reasoning that is more typical of females in general. <br /><br />It's interesting to note where the females outscored males. Apparently we've got a lot in common with the youngest and least educated.annenigmanoreply@blogger.com