Reply #62: of course there's a way out. and hate to break it to you, but the same thing is happening [View All]

[Hannah Bell]

across the entire developed world.

you can run, but you can't hide.


Poverty: A New Swiss Discovery (2002)

When Maria Diaz emigrated from Portugal to Switzerland 11 years ago, she was hoping to find a better world for herself and her infant daughter. But she soon discovered that life in Switzerland wasn't a box of chocolates. The 32-year-old Geneva office cleaner and single mom has been struggling to make ends meet on �2,000 a month, a meager wage in a place where her one bedroom apartment alone costs �800 a month.

"Some months, after buying food and paying rent, utilities and health insurance, I have �30 left in my pocket," says Diaz, who's looking for a second job. "That's not even enough to buy my daughter a pair of sneakers." Maria is part of Switzerland's growing population of working poor, people who barely manage to scrape by in one of the world's wealthiest nations.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,361597,00.html#ixzz172ywQ486



Poverty touches old and young in Switzerland (2009)

It can take as little as a broken pair of glasses to cause financial hardship for the 45,000 elderly people living on the poverty line in Switzerland.

For socially disadvantaged pre-schoolers, missing out on the chance to attend a play group can be the first of a chain of missed opportunities that will ultimately lead to poor employment prospects and low income for life.

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Poverty_touches_old_and_young_in_Switzerland.html?cid=7841052



The wealthy are an international class & they're putting the screws to everyone.