In early December 2018, it was reported that the US had turned into a net exporter of oil "last week", thus breaking nearly 75 continuous years of dependence on foreign oil. Reportedly, the US sold overseas a net of 211,000 barrels a day of crude and refined products such as gasoline and diesel.

Why do you insist that our government has a working plan to control our population? The refining industry of my country is next to none. Should we be upset over that? We didn’t give our oil to the oil companies, not in the traditional sense, anyway. In the 1870’s we had huge , nation size government tracks of land sitting unused in the Midwest and the other western areas of the country. The government wanted to lower the burden of overpopulation of the Eastern cities. They started to give away parcels of these lands to any citizen who wanted the land. These turned out to have oil under the surface. These were now private lands. Speculators started to buy these land parcels and start to drill for oil.
So, yes, I guess the government did give it away.
Our system of government is not capitalism. It is a democracy. That means that the most lowly of our people has more power than the federal government. The government can’t, willy-nilly take control of that oil. Remember, we have an institution that says what is fair and what is not. It’s called The Supreme Court of the United States. However, we have an economic system called Capitalism. It works most of the time. The rest of the world criticizes it as corrupt, non-serving, selfish, and anti-friendly to our citizens.
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The funny part of their actions is that every time these world class companies want to screw the world, they do it through one of their subsidiaries in one of your “we are better than the US, we are smarter than any gringo.” Countries. Well, in the scheme of things, your country is second rate even if it has beautiful people and beautiful sights. The rest of the world is third rate at best. And us, with all the disadvantages we have, like the government working to emulate the book “1984” and all the killings by police and the fact we export some of our oil? Well, we are the standard other countries want to be. I think I don’t mind being part of the oppressed of this unsuccessful and corrupt country. Someone has to maintain the #1 country in the world.

Not because of that. Bread is a universal staple found everywhere. It can be used as a measuring tool. Poverty standards are set internationally and that’s why we, the US, score low in their polls
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Okay, Ananas. The following is entirely from articles on the net. You will see that they support your arguments and some of mine.
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POVERTY MEASURE

Official Poverty Measure. The Census Bureau determines poverty status by using an official poverty measure (OPM) that compares pre-tax cash income against a threshold that is set at three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963 and adjusted for family size.
Poverty Measure Component: Official Poverty Measure
Poverty Threshold: Three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963
Threshold Adjustments: Vary by family size, composition, and age of householder
Resource Measure: Gross before-tax cash income

WHY IS THE USA SO LOW COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES

The majority of countries in the world, as well as organizations such as World Bank, [the OECD](Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)), and the European Union, set the national poverty line at 50% of a given year's median income. For instance, the median income in the United States was $67,521 in 2020 so the national poverty line according to the United Nations would be $33,761.

However, some countries use different calculations. The U.S. itself, for example, employs a formula first devised in the 1960s, which calculated the estimated cost of adequate food for a year and multiplies by three to account for additional costs (housing, utilities, medical expenses, etc). For 2020, this formula set the poverty threshold at $26,246(US) for a family of four—significantly lower than the more widely used World Bank method.

This discrepancy—coupled with the fact that those above the poverty threshold are often ineligible for aid programs—is the main reason that many anti-poverty advocates and policy experts including the Washington Post argue that the U.S. formula is badly outdated and has failed to keep up with the rising cost of housing and other expenses.

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The poverty rate in the United States varies depending upon the method of measurement. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the official 2017 poverty rate in the U.S. was 12.3%. However, other sources placed it as high as 17.8%. Despite being the largest economy in the world, the U.S. also has a significant wealth inequality gap. The 2021 poverty threshold in the United States is $26,246 for a family of four. This means that households with two adults, two children, and a pre-tax income of less than $26,246 are considered to be living in poverty. Some states are more impoverished than others, and their poverty is exacerbated by high unemployment rates and a lack of high-paying jobs.

It’s a fundamental paradox: in America, the wealthiest country on earth, one also finds the highest rates of poverty in the developed world.

The traditional manner of thinking about poverty in the U.S. has viewed impoverishment as largely the result of individual inadequacies and failings. These shortcomings include not working hard enough, failure to acquire sufficient skills, or just making bad decisions. Consequently, the problem of poverty is often seen through a lens of individual pathology. Since individuals are perceived as having brought poverty onto themselves, our collective and societal obligations are seen as limited. The age-old distinction between the deserving versus the undeserving poor reflects this perspective—unless the working-age poor have very good grounds for their poverty, they’re deemed largely undeserving of help. Poverty is therefore understood as primarily affecting those who choose not to play by the rules of the game.

The United States has the highest standards of living at the middle and upper ends of the income distribution scale,

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