Only 14% of food-stamp households have incomes above the poverty line; 41% have incomes of half that level or less, and 18% have no income at all.

获得食品救济券资助的家庭中，只有14%其收入在贫困线以上，41%收入是贫困线水平的一半及以下，还有18%没有任何收入。

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Research shows that around half of the 3 million children living in poverty now have at least one parent working, but they earn too little to pull the family above the poverty line.

调查显示，三百万贫困儿童中近半至少有一位父母已就业，但是他们挣的钱很少，很难让家人处于贫困线以上。

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Sarju and other paupers have been issued with “above the poverty line”, or APL, ration cards, entitling them to some subsidised kerosene.

萨尔朱和其他接收救济的村民获发了“高于贫困线”（APL）的配给卡，使他们有权获得一些补贴煤油。

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But there are still 1.7 million pensioners living in poverty today, while a further 1.1m have incomes only just above the poverty line.

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Next I would tax every person above the poverty line 4%, absolutely no deductions.

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And now, everyone above the poverty line will gain access to higher-quality, private-sector coverage on the exchanges.

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