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Think you’re ‘middle class’ in America? This income level says you’re probably wrong
Based on the Pew Research Center’s analysis of government data, roughly 49% of Americans don’t actually fall into the middle ...
CNN's Enten: Democrats Are No Longer The Party Of The Middle Class, Trump And The Republicans Have Taken That Mantle Away
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten reports on new polling data showing Republicans winning on the economy and how the party ...
CNN polling expert marvels at collapse of Democratic advantage with middle class in Trump era
Democrats face declining trust on middle class issues as CNN polling shows Republicans closing the gap, challenging ...
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11 Embarrassing Ways Middle-Class People Pretend To Be Rich While They Stay Broke
It's wild how many people invest more in the wedding than they do in the actual marriage. Even middle-class couples have been ...
Study shows expanded child tax credit helped middle-class families pay energy bills, but not the poorest
A new study from UCLA Health shows that the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit helped prevent energy insecurity among ...
The New American Dream: This Is What Middle-Class Success Looks Like Now
Gone are the days when the American Dream meant owning a home in the suburbs, a 9-to-5 job, and a shiny new car in the ...
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NSF Budget Cuts Would Harm the Middle Class
On Capitol Hill, community college leaders, students, industry partners, and policy researchers agreed: the NSF is uniquely ...
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PolitiFact: No, New Yorkers are not getting the largest middle-class tax cut in 70 years
The middle-class tax rate decrease in New York State's new budget is not the biggest in 70 years, as claimed by Gov. Kathy ...
Delaware Provides Middle-Class Americans Plenty of Average-Priced Home Options Right Now
Delaware is keeping the dream of homeownership alive for middle-class Americans —amid nationwide uncertainty that ownerships ...
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No, New Yorkers are not getting the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years
But the income tax decrease in the 2025-26 budget, adopted on April 29, isn’t the largest in 70 years. The income tax rate applied to the excess of a certain threshold, known as a marginal rate, has ...