http://www.redrag.net/2004/04/12/definitional-debate/ "The thinking Laborite would as lief be found in bed with a cobra as in a committee room armed with 'arguments' from the Tory press." --- Truth, Perth, 19 June 1915. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:29:18 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.redrag.net/2004/04/12/definitional-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-3207 Norman Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.redrag.net/2004/04/12/definitional-debate/#comment-3207 If through some economic miracle everyone's income doubled tomorrow, as long as we use our current definitions, we'd still not remove poverty in this country. What value does this sort of statistic have, other than to increase the number of unhappy citizens? If through some economic miracle everyone’s income doubled tomorrow, as long as we use our current definitions, we’d still not remove poverty in this country. What value does this sort of statistic have, other than to increase the number of unhappy citizens?

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