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OK, so in your opinion, poverty has a new definition.

The old definition was without, meaning the people didn't have anything.

Now, according to you, poverty is a low income family regardless of the property they own.

Is that right?

In your opinion, you are right - I disagree, as do most who correctly understand the meaning of "poverty"

Poverty: noun
the state of being extremely poor.​

Poverty was never understood to mean a state of owning/having nothing. That 'definition' would only entail those who are naked and dead

How is poverty measured in the United States?

Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau counts people in poverty with two measures. Both the official and supplemental poverty measures are based on estimates of the level of income needed to cover basic needs. Those who live in households with earnings below those incomes are considered to be in poverty.

The supplemental poverty measure

The supplemental poverty measure provides a more complex statistical understanding of poverty by including money income from all sources, including government programs, and an estimate of real household expenditures. This information is valuable, but this measure’s thresholds are not the basis for government program income eligibility.

The measure was developed by a 2010 government technical working group. In 2011, its first year of use, it showed that 16 percent of Americans lived in poverty during 2010, compared to 15.1 percent from the official poverty measure.

This measure also shows the effect that a number of safety net programs have on poverty rates. In 2016, for example, Social Security reduced poverty overall by 8.1 percent. Refundable tax credits reduced poverty by about 2.5 percent, with the largest reduction among children under 18 years of age.