One out of five children in St. Catharines live in poverty: reported in Niagara this Week

It’s a number that may surprise the average person, but doesn’t really come as a shock to those in the know. According to Campaign 2000, a network of organizations that work on child and family issues, there are 4,280 children living below-the-poverty line in the St. Catharines electoral district. That works out to 22 per cent of children, or a little more than one out of every five. -Niagara this Week

News Alert Niagara has been sounding the alarm that poverty and homelessness will only increase as the cost of living increases exponentially driven by property tax increases at multiples the rate of inflation.

The answer does not lie in more charity, which only masks the problem! The answer lies in the proper husbanding of our economy!
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On our current trajectory failure of our economy is a mathematical certainty!

Obviously those we have elected and hired follow the course of least resistance when it comes to husbanding our economy. Authorities who increase taxes at multiples the rate of inflation must never be reelected!

Could it be time for a volunteer committee to be tasked with finding ways of cutting out waste and unnecessary expenditures including tax-funding support of questionable entities.
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