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[teddywolf]

With a hat tip to Atrios:
The Obama administration has introduced a new variable to the cost of affordable housing: the cost of transportation from the house to work.

Not a sexy topic, no. But think of this: if you factor in transportation costs and adjust the index from a simple 30% of income to a higher percent covering housing and transportation, the amount of affordable housing in the US drops significantly from the previous estimate of 70% affordable housing.

This is useful.

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[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

they've been looking at redefining measures of poverty too, based on a lot more factors than a simple unidimensional income. i have high hopes of obama.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Well, lots of people have. I myself have not, actually, given he is basically a centrist, but I know he is better than the alternative the GOP had to offer. And I do recognize he has done a great deal toward rebuilding US diplomacy, which was and remains sorely and desperately needed.