Trump proposals may redefine poverty, cut Americans from social welfare programs: report
“The Trump administration is weighing changes to the way poverty is measured in the United States, a move critics say would break with decades of precedent and threaten social welfare recipients, according to a Monday report. Under the new proposals outlined by the White House Office of Management and Budget on Monday, poverty would be measured using a ‘chained consumer price index.’ The new method, contrary to a formula that has been used since the 1960s, assumes that consumers will opt for less-expensive items as the cost of living rises. The office says that the chained CPI would reflect slower inflation growth.”