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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Dwindling Middle Class Has Repercussions For Small Towns

Dwindling Middle Class Has Repercussions For Small Towns 

When reporter Kelly McEvers stepped off the train in Lincoln, Ill., she asked, "What happened to my hometown?"  As the U.S. recovers from the Great Recession, one fact that's emerging is that while jobs are coming back, most of these jobs are either high- or low-paying jobs. Middle-class jobs are not coming back, and it's evident in towns across the Midwest like Lincoln, Ill.

 



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