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December 6, 2012

Middle-Class America

Carriage Towne News

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in 2011, adjusted for inflation, was lower than it was in 1989. Meanwhile, the incomes of the top 1% have doubled and that of the top 0.1% tripled.

Yet millions of middle-class Americans voted for a candidate who promised to reduce taxes on the rich even further. The effect of a well-financed propaganda campaign is wondrous to behold!

Milt Lauenstein

Exeter

 

 

 

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