Tag: federal poverty levels

Obama to freeze daughters’ allowances.

Not really, but in another cheap political stunt, he is freezing white house salaries.  Way to pay attention to the big picture, clown shoes.

Federal Poverty Guidelines as defined by total annual income across different family sizes.

The blue symbols show the federal poverty guidelines as defined in 2008.  The red symbols show twice the poverty levels, poverty guidelines X 2.

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With each additional person in the household, the poverty level is adjusted upward just $3600.00 per person at the federally defined guideline, and by $7200.00 per person at twice the federally define guideline.