Comments on: To Boost Obama’s Redistribution Agenda, OECD Pushes Crazy Assertion that Poverty Is Higher in the U.S. than in Greece, Hungary, Portugal, and Turkey

By: OECD Study Admits Income Taxes Penalize Growth, Acknowledges that Tax Competition Restrains Excessive Government | International Liberty

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:39 +0000

[…] OECD, in an effort to promote redistributionism, has concocted absurdly misleading statistics claiming that there is more poverty in the US than in Greece, Hungary, Portugal, or […]

By: Does Your Family Have an Extra $5,500 to Pay the Higher Energy Taxes Proposed by the Bureaucrats at the IMF (Who Get Tax-Free Salaries)? | International Liberty

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:32:49 +0000

[...] I’m particularly nauseated by the OECD’s support for value-added taxes and their ridiculous assertion that poverty is higher in America than Greece or Turkey. [...]

By: Targeting Multinationals, the OECD Launches New Scheme to Boost the Tax Burden on Business | International Liberty

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:20:49 +0000

[...] OECD, in an effort to promote redistributionism, has concocted absurdly misleading statistics claiming that there is more poverty in the US than in Greece, Hungary, Portugal, or [...]

By: Open letter to President Obama (Part 227) « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:53:16 +0000

[...] And the claim about less poverty is laughable. I’m guessing the author naively relied upon the slipshod analysis from the statists at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Those bureaucrats put together a moving-goalposts measure of income distribution and falsely categorized it as a tool for measuring p…. [...]

By: Socialism steals our freedom « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Socialism steals our freedom « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:33:46 +0000

By: Sophie Blue

Sophie Blue — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:58:26 +0000

Poverty can be “relative” or “absolute.” According to the World Bank, “poverty” is purchasing power of less than $1.25/day. If we used that, then a lot of starving, homeless folk would not be considered “poor.” Similarly, what is an acceptable standard of living in one country is a scandal in another. In the middle ages, the wealthiest lacked running water, indoor toilets, and electricity. Would you call them “poor”? Today, you can’t get a job or function in society without electricity, baths with running water, and even an internet connection. In the early 1980s, owning your own PC was the height of luxury. “Relative” poverty refers to RELATIVE to one’s own society. How do you measure that? How do you define that? 1/2 the median income has been widely accepted as an internationally comparable relative measure of poverty, so you are comparing apples to apples, instead of to oranges.

By: Someone Should Rank These Rankings in Order of Rankness | Barticles

Someone Should Rank These Rankings in Order of Rankness | Barticles — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:14:25 +0000

[...] statists at the OECD put together a ranking asserting that poverty is a bigger problem in the United States than in Greece, Portugal, or [...]

By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States « The blog for taxspecialists

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:28:53 +0000

[...] statists at the OECD put together a ranking asserting that poverty is a bigger problem in the United States than in Greece, Portugal, or [...]

By: The “Happy Planet Index” Ranks Venezuela, Albania, and Cuba Far Higher than the United States « International Liberty

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:40:18 +0000

[...] statists at the OECD put together a ranking asserting that poverty is a bigger problem in the United States than in Greece, Portugal, or [...]

By: For Once, I Hope Paul Krugman Is Right « International Liberty

For Once, I Hope Paul Krugman Is Right « International Liberty — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:45:36 +0000

[...] To get your blood boiling, read this horrifying post about how a left-wing international bureaucracy conspiring with the Obama White Hous… to redefine poverty in ways that make America look bad. Rate this:Share [...]

By: N.Y. Times Repeats Lies And Slips Into More Absurdity—- Wants Us To Be More Like Italy!!! | suyts space

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 03:50:43 +0000

[...] Porter got much of his information from the OECD. Dan Mitchell describes the OECD thusly….. [...]

By: It’s Not April Fool’s Day, but New York Times Columnist Wants America to Become More Prosperous by Raising Taxes on the Middle Class and Becoming More Like Italy « International Liberty

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:15:45 +0000

By: International Data on Living Standards Show that the United States Should Not Become More Like Europe « International Liberty

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:06:47 +0000

[...] OECD, in an effort to promote redistributionism, has concocted absurdly misleading statistics claiming that there is more poverty in the US than in Greece, Hungary, Portugal, or [...]

By: Shame on the Associated Press for Sloppy and/or Biased Reporting about Poverty « International Liberty

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:57:54 +0000

[...] With support from left-wing international bureaucracies such as the OECD, the Obama White House wants to rig the poverty numbers to justify even more redistribution. Rate [...]

By: No More Subsidies to the OECD from American Taxpayers « International Liberty

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:37:55 +0000

[...] OECD, in an effort to promote redistributionism, has concocted absurdly misleading statistics claiming that there is more poverty in the US than in Greece, Hungary, Portugal, or [...]

By: We’re Sending Tax Dollars to a Paris-Based International Bureaucracy So It Can Work with “Occupy” Nutjobs to Push for Higher Taxes « International Liberty

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:59:28 +0000

[...] OECD, in an effort to promote redistributionism, has concocted absurdly misleading statistics claiming that there is more poverty in the US than in Greece, Hungary, Portugal, or [...]

By: Eurobonds: The Fiscal Version of Co-Signing a Loan for Your Unemployed Alcoholic Cousin Who Has a Gambling Addiction « International Liberty

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:33:36 +0000

[...] Financial Times reports that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which is reflexively supportive of bigger government and more intervention, has endorsed eurobonds. Mr Hollande…won backing from the OECD, which in its twice-yearly [...]

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:03:25 +0000

Reminds me of the Dr. Evil from the past demanding a $1 million ransom for not blowing up the world and everybody laughing at him. What nonsense.

By: Zorba

Zorba — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:52:15 +0000

Now what does OECD stand for again?

Organization for the Endorsement of Complacency and Decline ?
Organization of Excellence Contraction and Decline ?
Organization for the Encouragement of Complacency and Decline ?
Organization of Endeavor Curtailment and Decline ?
Organization for the Extinguishment of Competition and Decline ?
Organization for the Enrichment of Civil-servants and Decline ?
Organization of Enticement Curtailment and Decline ?
Organization of Effort Curbing and Decline ?
Organization of Excellence Curtailment and Decline ?
Organization of Efficiency Cutting and Decline ?

The “decline” ending remains in all variations because that is the terminal fate of Western World voter lemmings – and the politicians they elect to sell them snakeskin oil shortcuts to prosperity.