I ran some errands over my lunch hour today and had NPR on in the car. I heard a good explanation of why polls show people aren't too happy about the economy these days, despite the growth the administration is crowing about.
It was all about medians and means but it boils down to this: say there are a bunch of guys in a bar, and the average income of the bunch is $18,000/year. Then Bill Gates walks in. Now the average income of the guys in the bar is $37,000,000/year. The Republicans can't figure out why, polling the guys in the bar, the majority of them say they don't feel any richer.
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