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the average household income of the top 20 percent of Americans was 10 times that of the bottom 20 percent

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Donovan, Sarah A., Marc Labonte, and Joseph Dalaker. 2016. “The U.S. Income Distribution: Trends and Issues,” p.1. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44705.pdf.

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