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Originally Posted by flstf
"Ask yourself, are you better off now than 4 years ago?" Except now it would be 8 years.
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It seems only fitting to quote the WSJ:
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for the first time in 50 years of polling, a majority of Americans believe they are stuck or falling behind, according to a new Pew Research poll measuring the attitudes of the middle class.
“Americans feel stuck in their tracks,” Pew states. “This is the most downbeat short-term assessment of personal progress in nearly half a century of polling by the Pew Research Center and the Gallup organization...
.... Pew notes that in the long-view, middle class Americans have seen economic gains, with median household incomes rising 41% since 1970.
But looking at the shorter term, Pew said real median household income peaked in 1999 “making this decade one of the longest downturns ever for this widely-accepted measure of the middle-class standard of living.”
According to the poll, 25% of respondents said they haven’t moved forward in life in the past five years, while a higher number, 31%, believe they have taken a step back.
Washington Wire - WSJ.com : Are You Better Off Than You Were Five Years Ago?
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Perhaps the Democrats should be hammering this question harder.
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Last edited by dc_dux; 09-03-2008 at 03:18 PM..
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