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The income divide in the U.S. is pretty scary and is only getting scarier. There’s something wrong with this picture: A kid in Charlotte, N.C., born in the bottom 20% of income earners has only a 4% chance of making it into the top 20%. Pretty sure that’s not how the American Dream is supposed…

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Apr 23, 2014

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