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Originally Posted by whell
Yes, an external force like a declining unemployment rate. Or an increasing economic growth rate. Those two forces are present now.
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An expanding economy
leads to declining unemployment rate, so they are not two forces. There are other factors to consider. How does one to get to a newfound job? How about childcare for a family that needs two incomes? Or lack of qualification or education? All these are contributing factors to perpetuating poverty (inertia). One can make a pile out of the proverbial bootstraps and burn them for the good they can do.
The SF Bay area is going through an economic boom but how does that help the poor? On the contrary, they are being driven out due to escalating rents. Then there is our own Catch-22. People are moving out in droves due to the high cost of living (mostly due to real estate) and finding qualified people is getting very difficult.