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Without looking, I'd like you to guess what the median personal income in the United States is, and then guess what the median household income is.

Then go look up the real numbers.

I suspect you're in for a surprise.




This is why politicians use "middle class" to describe who they're fighting for; it's a term that nearly everybody thinks of themselves as belonging to.




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