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American Dream costs are constraining household budgets, even when other economic indicators look good.
Over the past decade, the gap in perception between the average American and Washington as to the health of the economy has only grown wider.
Just 29 percent of registered voters rate the economy either good or excellent, while a whopping 70 percent rate it “only fair” or downright poor. And just as the Biden administration did, President Trump has responded by pointing to topline numbers showing that things are not that bad, really.
Gains made in the job market and in the fight against inflation are real, not illusory. Yet middle-class Americans keep reporting that they’re struggling to keep their noses ...
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