The rich, the poor, the in-between

There is diversity in these three statements.

One person can easily get $15.00 for a new baseball mitt. Another must save for a long time to get the same mitt. Still another has no money to buy a candy bar.

The economic situation of the american people is like these statenents. The people of USA generally have more wealth than people of other nations.

• About 42 million American families have enough money to buy their own homes, most of the things they want.
• More than 26 million american cannot affort to buy all the food, clothing and housing they need.
• About 7 million americans who wanted work failed to find jobs.

Nine Americans, ten options

Americans have differing ideas about religion. Out of 215 million Americans, about 132 Million belong to one church or another.

Here are some statistics: