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* * Date: Sept 10, 2012 Source: Pew Research Center

Link: http://bit.ly/QLrqFo Headline/Title: A Third of Americans Now Say They Are in the Lower Classes Summary: The percentage of Americans who say they are in the lower-middle or lower class has risen from a quarter of the adult population to about a third in the past four years, according to a national survey of 2,508 adults by the Pew Research Center.

*Author:* Rich Morin and Seth Motel For the Full Article/Report, See: http://bit.ly/QLrqFo