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Critical Faculties

No middle ground

Is the middle class thriving or diving? Liberals fight a bitter statistical battle with serious political implications.

By Christopher Shea
September 17, 2006

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JUST HOW BADLY is the middle class doing, anyhow? For years now, liberal analysts have been claiming that the middle segment of the American population is in dire straights indeed-confronted with more uncertainty than their parents ever faced, financially squeezed on all sides. (Full article: 1068 words)

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