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"Poorest" Place in US: Jewish 'Burb in NY

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<snip>The community runs many businesses as nonprofits and, by voting en masse, wields enough political clout to get loads of government help. They recently, for example, built a government-funded $10 million postnatal maternal care center—prompting one state lawmaker to call for an investigation. “They may be truly poor on paper,” the lawmaker says. “They are not truly poor in reality.”<snip>

http://www.newser.com/story/116902/poorest-place-in-us-jewish-burb-in-ny.html


 
Posted : 21/04/2011 1:12 pm
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