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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
J.R. Duren

More Americans see middle-class life slipping away as they say education and housing are unaffordable

Voters believe a middle-class lifestyle is increasingly difficult to obtain as key expenses in their lives remain unaffordable.

Some 58 percent of voters believe that education is unaffordable, and another 54 percent said housing is unaffordable, according to a new New York Times/Siena poll of 1,625 registered voters. The majority of respondents also said the cost of health care and having a family is unaffordable.

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