Source? Because the Census Bureau also releases the Supplemental Poverty Measure [1], which amongst other breakdowns includes numbers that adjusts for taxes (if you&#x27;re going to count for tax credits, you also need to account for taxes paid if the numbers are to make sense), housing benefits, and various in-kind benefits. It also includes various other costs. Table 4a on page 9 gives a breakdown on how different aspects of the Supplemental Poverty Measure affects the total number.<p>The lowest version you can get from that table is 11.8% - if you remove medical out of pocket expenses from the income subtractions before calculating the rate (in other words: if you assume people are perfectly healthy, directly contradicted by evidence, you get a more favourable number of how many people can afford to put food on the table).<p>I&#x27;m curious what elements you&#x27;d add&#x2F;remove to the SPM to get to &quot;nearly zero&quot;.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;content&#x2F;dam&#x2F;Census&#x2F;library&#x2F;publications&#x2F;2015&#x2F;demo&#x2F;p60-254.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.census.gov&#x2F;content&#x2F;dam&#x2F;Census&#x2F;library&#x2F;publication...</a>