Income statistics don't tell the whole story. Across America, people seem to be making better salaries year after year. The median household income has risen from $36,847 in 1967 to $48,201 in 2006, according to U.S. Census Bureau inflation-adjusted data. Though the bureau doesn't define "middle class," the income of the middle half of the households in this country now seems to fall roughly between $25,000 and $95,000 a year
The problem is that "middle" and "median" incomes no longer seem to provide the kind of comfort and security that Americans have become accustomed to. In most parts of America, a $48,000 annual income isn't enough to fund a comfortable life -- dinner on the table at 6 p.m., the kids watched by a safe and affordable caregiver, a guaranteed summer vacation and a nest egg accruing so that, at age 65, Mom and Dad can look forward to their leisure years worry-free.
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