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dtldebt.sPubDate = "3/28/2009 1:34:31 AM GMT";
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dtldebt.appHeader = "Fact file|Why are Americans in debt? A look at what we earn and how we spend* ";
dtldebt.appDeck = "Snapshots of data from the mid-1970s and 2006 show significant changes in the way we earn and spend money. Gross income for an average family of four has gone up, but only because of the rise of working women adding to the family income. At the same time, living expenses have risen disproportionately.<p>*Figures are based on the budget of the average family of four. 1970's numbers are adjusted for inflation to represent 2006 dollar values.<br>";
dtldebt.appFooter = "Sources: Dateline NBC, Professor Elizabeth Warren of Harvard Law School, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics";
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dtldebt[i-1].body = "<h3><p align=\"center\"><b>Family Income</b></h3></p><br><img src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Dateline%20NBC/_Stories/2009/March%202009/Financial%20Fiasco-%20Mortgage/Debt%20hour/Debt%20graphs/Debt-Web-%231-600.photoblog600.jpg\"><br>Overall income has increased 65 percent.";

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dtldebt[i-1].body = "<H3><p align=\"center\"><b>Home Mortgages</b></H3></p><br><img src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Dateline%20NBC/_Stories/2009/March%202009/Financial%20Fiasco-%20Mortgage/Debt%20hour/Debt%20graphs/Debt-Web-%232-600.photoblog600.jpg\"><br>Home mortgage expenses have increased by 96 percent.";

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dtldebt[i-1].body = "<H3><p align=\"center\"><b>Health Insurance</b></H3></p><br><img src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Dateline%20NBC/_Stories/2009/March%202009/Financial%20Fiasco-%20Mortgage/Debt%20hour/Debt%20graphs/Debt-Web-%233-600.photoblog600.jpg\"><br>Health insurance costs have increased 87 percent.";

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dtldebt[i-1].body = "<H3><p align=\"center\"><b>Pre-school</b></h3></p><br><img src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Dateline%20NBC/_Stories/2009/March%202009/Financial%20Fiasco-%20Mortgage/Debt%20hour/Debt%20graphs/Debt-Web-%234-600.photoblog600.jpg\"><br>Pre-school expenses, which were non-existent in the mid-1970s, now represent 9 percent of the average family's gross salary.";

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dtldebt[i-1].body = "<H3><p align=\"center\"><b>Tax Rates</b></h3></p><br><img src=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Sections/TVNews/Dateline%20NBC/_Stories/2009/March%202009/Financial%20Fiasco-%20Mortgage/Debt%20hour/Debt%20graphs/Debt-Web-%235-600.photoblog600.jpg\"><br>The tax rate for the average family has increased by six percent.";

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