I spent nearly an hour going over the original document, which I only looked up today.
That was after I already linked one news article on the subject a few days ago that gave the basics.
Here's another news piece on it.
Your response, solely focused on standards of living, makes it obvious you didn't read it. Or if you did, you absorbed nothing that conflicted with your preconceived notions. If you don't want to read my links, that's cool. But if you're going to act like you did, you're probably going to embarrass yourself.