tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256682174867243203.post6718476234900801350..comments2023-10-18T07:48:19.505-07:00Comments on David Murray's Blog: Poverty in Abbotsfordtigerdavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282393255059518732noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7256682174867243203.post-87212363795520040572011-03-01T11:07:09.854-08:002011-03-01T11:07:09.854-08:00comment by: Terry Stobbart
Getting more money from...comment by: Terry Stobbart<br />Getting more money from the Provincial government would be a start. Raising welfare rates, allowing those on welfare to get a renters subsidy, allowing people to earn money from all sources, not just income before it is taken off the amoun...ts given out. My child support is taken off dollar for dollar! I don't even get to keep 500 of it as "income". The welfare rules need to be adjusted to HELP people get ahead, not keep them down. Raising the minimum wage immediately to at least 10 per hour this year, 11 per hour next year and 12 per hour the following year, then increases to keep up with raising inflation every year after that. There have to be solid steps taken in order to get out of the vicious cycle of poverty.tigerdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282393255059518732noreply@blogger.com