Poverty with a View et al.

Income statistics not looking too good for Central Oregon, according the the front page article in the Bulletin this morning.

Average household earned $5088 less in 2012 than they did in 2009.

But households earning more than $100,000 stayed the same, so all that loss was below them.

The number of households earning less than $25,000 increased by 33%.  I repeat, by 33%.

Those without health insurance increased by 8.3% while statewide the percentage decreased by 10.4%.

Just read those statistics again.  Take them in.

Pretty awful for Central Oregon especially when compared to the rest of the state.