( OT ) Americans' incomes fell for two years
 

http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/29/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

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NEW YORK (CNN/Money) -
Americans' overall income shrank for two consecutive years after stocks
plunged in 2000, the first time that has effectively happened in the since
the current tax system was put in place during World War II, according to a
published report Thursday.

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