by Downstrike May 21, 2004
Get the self-serving mug.(ECONOMICS) an alternative metric of poverty; used instead of the poverty level by some researchers.
Developed as a superior alternative to the federal poverty level to estimate the income required for families to pay for their basic needs. Computed at the county level, the SSS takes into account the costs of food, housing, health insurance, childcare, transportation, taxes, and other basic expenses, with component values varying across more than 70 different family types. SSS wages have been calculated to date for all counties in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
Developed as a superior alternative to the federal poverty level to estimate the income required for families to pay for their basic needs. Computed at the county level, the SSS takes into account the costs of food, housing, health insurance, childcare, transportation, taxes, and other basic expenses, with component values varying across more than 70 different family types. SSS wages have been calculated to date for all counties in 35 states and the District of Columbia.
Usually people are not concerned by reports of the large numbers of people living below the poverty level, because they assume it just means poor people have to tighten their belts.
The self-sufficiency standard (SSS), if explained, should change this. If a person's wages are below the SSS, then she is not only not making enough to meet her current needs, she's not making enough to preserve her ability to earn what little she has.
The self-sufficiency standard (SSS), if explained, should change this. If a person's wages are below the SSS, then she is not only not making enough to meet her current needs, she's not making enough to preserve her ability to earn what little she has.
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This word was first used on wheel of fortune when a contestant guessed the mystery phrase to be "self-potatos" when the correct answer was in fact "self portrait".
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This word was first used on wheel of fortune when a contestant guessed the mystery phrase to be "self-potatos" when the correct answer was in fact "self portrait".
This word was also used on a youtube episode of RayWilliamJohnson to make fun of the contestant
My girlfriend always gives me self-potatos.
I'm gonna go home and give myself some self-potatoes tonight.
I'm gonna go home and give myself some self-potatoes tonight.
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Get the self handy mug.Someone who constantly Googles her/himself and/or has web alerts set to let them know every time their name is mentioned online, to save them the multiple daily Googles of themselves.
Vladimir spent the last 4 hours Googling himself again, even though there's nothing new--what a self-stalker!
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