U.S. economic Disappointment I.

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"Compared with the average recovery since World War II, the economy in the past six years has created 12.1 million fewer jobs and $6,175 less income on average for every man, woman, and child in the country. Had this recovery been as strong as previous postwar recoveries, some 1.6 million more Americans would have been lifted out of poverty and middle-income families would have a stunning $11,629 more annual income. At...