U.S poverty line is different from so to say the poverty line in in Afghanistan.
When a U.S citizen is considered below the poverty line that doesn't necessarily mean that they are living in filth. They simply do not make enough money per year. Since the US poverty line is 37,000 dollars, when a US citizen does not make that much in a year they are considered to live in poverty. As if you were to live in Afghanistan the poverty would be much different since they are forced to work in horrible conditions and I am talking really bad conditions. They live in such filth to the point that they have to go scavenge in the trash for food. They find it hard to make ends meet and buy food for there family.
