>40 million Americans live in poverty, while 50 million Mexicans do
The Mexican poverty rate is $157/month and less in rural areas whereas US is over $1000/month.
Even with that, the US poverty rate is 12.7% below the national poverty line whereas Mexico's is 42%.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States#R...
Mexico also isn't anywhere near the bottom compared to other countries. Only 2% of Mexican citizens live below the international poverty line.
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