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The Impact of the Recession on the Poor and Working Class
The recession specifically impact poor and working people. The poverty rate rose certainly an immediate aftermath of the crisis particularly for young people and children especially as well as foreign-born non-citizens. Neighborhood segregation plays a role in the crisis too according to one study. It's like living in another world to go back and remember all those debates i had with right wingers that were talking about high ick and hardcore free market libertarianism, he says.