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Poverty’s grip tightens in Boston, study says

42% of children poor in hardest-hit areas; economy, high costs widen the income gap

Poverty has deepened in Boston’s poorest neighborhoods, widening the gap between the city’s wealthiest and neediest residents, a report being released today finds.

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Most of the Public Schools in the Commonwealth are College Preparatory High Schools. Do you want to end poverty? Invest in Trade Schools state wide then we will no longer just graduate, future retail and fast food workers doomed to live in poverty.

Of course there are more poor here because "El Mumbalito" and Patrick keep inviting more illegals to our state to leach off of the system. I am sick of the democrats and the labor unions who own them.

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