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The human, economic cost of poverty
Friday, September 28th, 2012
September 26, 2012
Poverty costs Niagara $1.38 billion a year in lost productivity, health-care expenses and social-support programs… If not spent on poverty social costs, $277.7 million could: Build hospital every two years, or build 1,200 new houses, or build 17 retirement homes, or buy 648 public-transit buses, or employ 5,000 people per year with yearly salary of $55,000.
Tags: budget, economy, poverty, standard of living
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