“”If you’re at the bottom and the top keeps pulling away, you’re just further…”
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“If you’re at the bottom and the top keeps pulling away, you’re just further behind.
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Most families can’t compete. Incomes have barely budged for most Americans since 1980 after accounting for inflation. For the top 10 percent, IRS data show pay has jumped 80 percent after inflation. For the top 1 percent, it’s soared 177 percent.
The education divide has grown despite the multi-decade presence of Head Start, the federal program for nutrition and early childhood education. Most states rely primarily on a private pre-school system that can reinforce the wealth gap”
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