After years of economic turmoil, most families now believe the most valuable--and elusive--possession in American life is economic security.

This sentence jumped off the page at me when reading the article below by Ronald Brownstein. This is evidently the  "ambivalent" message from the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll which explored the public's perception of what it means to be middle class in America today. The poll reveals even more unsettling feelings by the majority of people interviewed!

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Meet the New Middle Class: Who They Are, What They Want, and What They Fear by Ronald Brownstein

 

"After years of economic turmoil, most families now believe the most valuable--and elusive--possession in American life is economic security. Americans still believe they can reach for the stars, but they are increasingly fearful they are standing on a trapdoor as they try." Read more -- http://bit.ly/17XSo2f