Fair to Middling in the Middle Class
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To hear it from Democratic leaders and presidential candidates, you'd think the American dream was melting away as quickly as the glacial ice floes in Greenland.
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High-end companies are catering to the middle-class by offering lower-priced versions of their famous products.
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Friends and money don't always mix.
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A solid quarter in tough times? I'd say the glass is half full.
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Even as African Americans and other minorities have made economic progress in the last 40 years, many of those reaching the middle-income rung are finding it a hollow promise.
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The levies are squeezing the middle class and senior citizens.
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Comment is free: George Monbiot: The middle classes congratulate themselves on going green, then carry on buying and flying as much as before.
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Comment is free: Jenni Russell: The middle class is losing all enthusiasm for the common good
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By Mike Joseph, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun.
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By Pete Bosak, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Jun.
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Private-equity billionairesâthe new Masters of the Universeâoften pay far lower rates than the rest of us. But Washington is trying to change that. Get ready for a fight.
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Income inequality has one shared benefit: it fills federal coffers with tax money
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CONYERS, Georgia  - Just because you earn a bit above minimum wage doesn't mean you're not one step away from financial ruin, according to people on low wages in two U.S. states.
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If you're an American with money in the market, you probably are. And good for you.
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Smooth your road to wealth with a little negative correlation.
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These low-rated picks show that a stock doesn't have to be loved to outperform.
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Having heard the blather or ranting about Red vs. Blue states for some time, I decided that I could check the curious general claim that "Red states are beneficiaries of tax revenue".  Having obtained the data here about year-by-year comparisons of the states, I obtained some results for 2004.  My intent is to identify trends without much partisan bias (BTW, I'm a Nader voter) in an American viewpoint that's not so much grey, but purple.