Posted on 09/09/2013 10:52:51 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Poverty in New Jersey continued to grow even as the national recession lifted, reaching a 52-year high in 2011, according to a report released today.
The annual survey by Legal Services of New Jersey found 24.7 percent of the state’s population — 2.1 million residents — was considered poor in 2011. That’s a jump of more than 80,000 people — nearly 1 percent higher than the previous year and 3.8 percent more than pre-recession levels.
"This is not just a one-year or five-year or 10-year variation," said Melville D. Miller Jr., the president of LSNJ, which gives free legal help to low-income residents in civil cases. "This is the worst that it’s been since the 1960 Census."
And it may get worse: The report warned Census figures for 2012 to be released this month may be higher.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
This is Christie’s fault, why and how??
If you want to say it’s Christie’s fault because he did not do enough (was he able to do more??) to impede the NJ state government’s role - taxes, regulation and other policies - in hurting job creation, O.K.; but if you want to say it’s Christi’e fault because NJ state did not proactively intervene to “save or create” enough jobs, then you just defined yourself as a Liberal not a conservative.
Not exactly a credible, let alone unbiased, source.
But then again, increasing the poverty rate is one of the main objects of the Obama agenda.
too many were willing to join the low-income ranks that swelled the SS disability ranks in recent years than to continue to work
Christie is a self professed Cowboys fan
This week............
Not really. Remember, like most states in the country, most counties vote Republican. The Counties in NJ that go Democrat are the ones with the large urban centers.
We’re not all alike, but it IS a great place to live. And it gets a bad rap too many times.
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