seymore1970
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well, that leaves 46 % content?
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/economy-squeezes-the-american-dream/20080609092309990002?icid=100214839x1203672602x1200149357
But now, whipsawed by plummeting home values, $4-a-gallon gas, rising food prices and gyrating financial markets, Americans increasingly fear that the national bargain has unraveled, that their once-steady march toward affluence has derailed. In a new USA TODAY poll, 54% of those surveyed say their standard of living is no better today than five years ago.
"Fewer Americans now than at any time in the last half century believe they're moving forward in life," concluded a recent report by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center.
The USA TODAY respondents were more upbeat about the prospects for improvement in the next five years, but only 45% expect their children to live better than they do.
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wasn't it about 2 years ago, that it was estimated for the first time, that the average 34 year old living today with a kid, the odds would be he would a have a higher standard of living than his kid.
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seymore1970
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shaky times....
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6/10/2008, 11:30 am
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