Granted, there weren’t a whole lot of data points available to assemble the graphic below from this item at Gallup, but the trend of the chart is consistent with how many Americans feel about the changing nature of economic opportunity in the U.S.
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Rising inequality, the soaring cost of a college education, and higher jobless rates the further down you go in personal income are important factors.
Additional polling data showed the number of Americans who think “the economic system is fair” tumbled from 68 percent to just 50 percent over the last 15 years. There’s a clear political slant to this “fairness” data, but even Republicans are starting to have doubts.
