Global News BC: Penticton, B.C. man frustrated with province over clawback of disability payments https://globalnews.ca/news/9423746/penticton-bc-man-frustrated-province-disability-payments/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #DisabilityPayments #Okanagandisability #Penticondisability #BCgovernment #CostofLiving #povertyline #penticton #Canada
#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #disabilitypayments #okanagandisability #penticondisability #BCgovernment #costofliving #povertyline #penticton #Canada
The "#wage" one receives from the #federal #government when on #disability, though supposed to be calculated based on the best year they were employed, is still suspiciously close to the federal government's own #PovertyLine for an individual person.
#wage #federal #government #disability #povertyline #USGovt #facts #peopledontcare #DisabilityRights
One-third of Americans make less than $15/hour. This includes:
▶️ 46% of Hispanic/Latinx workers and 47% of Black workers
▶️ 40% of women in the workforce
▶️ 57% of working single parents
#raisethewage #blacklivesmatter #povertyline https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/the-crisis-of-low-wages-in-the-us/
#RaisetheWage #Blacklivesmatter #povertyline
🔘#SriLanka #FoodSecurity levels severely impaired by the prevailing economic crisis with an expected 40 to 50% reduction in the harvest of the current year, even bigger losses in the forthcoming cropping seasons
🔘According to
WorldBank, over 500,000 people may have fallen below the #PovertyLine since the beginning of the #pandemic
🔘The “new poor” created by
the pandemic are twice as likely to live in urban areas than households who were poor before 2020 - WFP https://www.wfp.org/operations/lk02-sri-lanka-country-strategic-plan-2023-2027
#srilanka #foodsecurity #povertyline #pandemic
More #Americans live below the #povertyline in 2020 than in 2019, the #CensusBureau says
https://newstarget.com/2021-09-21-census-more-americans-became-poor-covid-lockdowns.html
#CensusBureau #povertyline #americans