I'm just gonna throw this out there...
"In sum, we estimate that, as of the
beginning of 2011, about 1.46 million U.S.
households with about 2.8 million children
were surviving on $2 or less in income per
person per day in a given month."
That's an interesting stat, but it confusing. Is this a case where people are not taking advantage of the social services offered? $2/day works out to $300 for a family of five.
This reminds me of Medicaid in the US. Something like 20% of the uninsured in America are actually qualified for free healthcare, but don't enroll.
http://npc.umich.edu/publications/policy_briefs/brief28/poli...