Is $140,000 the New Poverty Line? Why Does the Number Trigger Debate? Are You A Complainer If You Agree? Are you Cold Hearted If Disagree? Will this Number Become A New Political Issue? Who Takes It?

The Best Paragraph I've Read comes from the Washington Post. The article is titled: "An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point." The article is written by Julie Zauzmer Weil. You can read the full article here:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/29/poverty-line-green/Zac & Don discuss whether America's new poverty line is $140,000 or why such a number can trigger such debate. They discuss what the poverty line is but also wonder why so many people can "feel" a number four times bigger is accurate.