[news] Why Poverty is Worse than it was 30 Years Ago

[Mostly Water - mostlywater.org = news.resist.ca]

Why are so many storefronts in the Downtown Eastside boarded up? Look no further than government policies for a big part of the answer. Low-income residents have lost a huge amount of purchasing power...Thirty years ago, as now, most Downtown Eastside residents depended on low-wage work, pensions, unemployment insurance or welfare for their income. The purchasing power of three of those sources of income has declined drastically.

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