"Almost half of the population does not enjoy the boom,” Mr. Plocker said, noting these statistics: The unemployment rate is 8.3 percent. Israel’s poverty rate is still the highest in the West, by far: 24.4 percent of the entire population and 35.2 percent of all children are described as poor, living under the official “poverty line.” In the Arab and the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sectors, child poverty is especially high: more than 50 percent. The real income of the poorest quarter of Israelis is lower than six years ago."
http://bocaguy.blogspot.com/2007/02/outsource-cabinet.htmlBocaGuy: Outsource the Cabinet?
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
The New York Times
Wednesday,February 28, 2007
how long can this go on before the people say no more?
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