经济学人近期还发了篇文章回应美国"斩杀线″问题，和我的看法是一致的，这个问题被严重夸大了，截取其中一段。后面的分析这个话题走红的原因就不发了。

No doubt life can be tough in America. But the kill line greatly overstates the fragility of existence there. Homelessness is a stain on the country, but it remains an extreme outcome, affecting less than 0.05% of the population on a chronic basis. As for those who struggle to cover emergency expenses, analyses that factor in deferred discretionary spending put the number at about 10%, not 37%. And economists have thoroughly debunked the claim that $137,000 marks America’s true poverty line. Families can, and do, get by on much less.

机翻:诚然，在美国生活或许不易，但这种夸张说法严重夸大了美国存在的脆弱性。无家可归是这个国家的污点，但终究是极端情况，长期受困人群占总人口比例不足0.05%。至于难以承担应急开支的群体，若将可延迟非必要支出纳入统计，该比例约为10%，而非37%。此外，经济学家已彻底驳斥“13.7万美元是美国真实贫困线”的说法，众多家庭依靠远低于该数额的收入，完全能维持生活。