Word: capita
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...course, the premise of the "communist plot" argument is that if there were no socialist nations encouraging the rebels, there would be no revolution. But this assertion completely disregards the miserable conditions the people of El Salvador have lived under for so long. The per capita income of El Salvador does not even reach $700 a year, one of the worst averages in the western hemisphere. Ninety-five per cent of the people cannot read, and the government has made no attempt to reverse the condition of mass illiteracy. Malnutrition runs as high as 60 per cent. The infant mortality...
...dependent children, the most common welfare program in Georgia. The blind, the disabled and those over 65 also qualify. For each $1 that Grady spends on a Medicaid patient, the Federal Government contributes $2, under a sliding scale that permits Washington to help states with low per-capita income more than wealthier ones. Unfortunately, that ratio works in reverse when funds are reduced. Says Michael Yelton, director of public relations at Grady: "For every dollar we do not receive, we would have to cut $2 to $2.50 out of the budget...
...Canada, the boat people can thank private organizations and individuals who responded to the crisis. "Per capita, Canada did as much as or more than other countries because so many people decided it was the right thing to do," says Kirk Bell, executive director of immigration for Ottawa's Federal Ministry of Employment and Immigration...
Although it is the poorest nation in the Community-per capita income is roughly $4,000 a year-Greece now is far from being destitute. Real growth since 1973 has averaged more than 3%, a better track record than that of most Western European countries; unemployment last year was just...
...monolithic, underestimating domestic factors that make Western unity unrealistic on schemes like shared stockpiles and mutual demand cutbacks. It seems vague in detailing what policies the U.S. can employ to pacify OPEC nations and forestall another use of their potent oil weapon. And its prescription for per-capita tax rebates of windfall profits tax revenues, though seemingly equitable, would crush low-income families required to use cars to get to work...