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Investor says poverty line is $136,500, do you buy it?

The claim that a family needs six figures just to avoid poverty sounds like a provocation, but it is rooted in a detailed attempt to price out a very ordinary American life. A Wall Street strategist ...
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Is $140,000 the new poverty line for American families?

In late November 2025, Michael W. Green, chief strategist and portfolio manager at Simplify Asset Management, published a Substack essay arguing that a family of four needs roughly $136,500 a year to ...
Forbes

When The Poverty Line Is Too Low, Everyone Pays The Price

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Aisha Nyandoro is a leading voice on equitable economic policies. It’s time to retire the outdated federal poverty line and ...
The Baltimore Sun

What are the political implications if US poverty line is actually $140,000 a year?

While lawmakers, policymakers and President Donald Trump weigh what to do about booming prices, financial analyst Michael Green argues that Americans today are wrestling with a poverty line that is ...
The Washington Post

An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.

Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. The U.S.