A Nation of "Haves" and "Have-Nots"?


	A Nation of "Haves" and "Have-Nots"?

RayWatkins

9-14-2007 4:28 PM

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A Nation of "Haves" and "Have-Nots"?
Far More Americans Now See Their Country as Sharply Divided Along Economic Lines

by Jodie T. Allen, Senior Editor, Pew Research Center and Michael Dimock, Associate Director for Research, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
September 13, 2007

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