U.S. poverty threshold: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
U.S. minimum wage: Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor.
Poverty rates across the world: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency.
Number of Medicaid recipients: Medicaid Spending and Enrollment Detail for CBO’s May 2013 Baseline, Congressional Budget Office.
Average monthly U.S. housing subsidy: Author calculation using budget and recipient data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Percentage of Americans receiving food stamps: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Data System, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.