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MiddleClass_Comparison_071016.appHeader = "Generational shift";
MiddleClass_Comparison_071016.appDeck = "Comparing budgets for two typical, four-member families";
MiddleClass_Comparison_071016.appFooter = "Source: Elizabeth Warren, co-author with Amelia Warren Tyagi of \"The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Mothers and Fathers Are Going Broke\" ";
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