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US income gap widens as poor take hit in recession

Source: Virginian-Pilot Online

Washington : DC : USA | 2 months ago

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The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans as rippling job layoffs ravaged household budgets...That ratio was an increase from 11.2 in 2007 and the previous high of 11.22 in 2003.

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News Source: Virginian-Pilot Online | 2 months ago

The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans as rippling job layoffs ravaged household budgets...That ratio was an increase from 11.2 in 2007 and the previous high...