Guam’s poverty rate and income gap worsened by 2013

Evidence

Guam Department of Labor, “The Unemployment Situation on Guam: March 2013,” March 27, 2013; Mar-Vic Cagurangan, “Guam’s Poverty Rate Up, Income Gap Wide,” Marianas Variety, December 4, 2013. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1248

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

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