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Sample 1 Why Some People are Poor? The poverty line is the minimum income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. People with incomes below the poverty line are considered poor. As the general standard of living rises, the poverty line does, too. Therefore, even with today ’s relatively high standard of living, about 10 percent of the people in the United States are below the poverty line. Economists suggest several reasons. For one thing, more than half of the poor people are not qualified to work. By law, children less than 16 years old can not work in many industries; many co