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Generation vexed

Poll: Optimism shrinks for 20-somethings’ future

Generations of American parents have shed sweat, blood and tears trying to give their children more.

More education. More money. More opportunities.

A mother holds two jobs and still finds time to come home and put dinner on the table. A father straps on steel-toed boots and stands on his feet all day on an assembly line in a factory so he can afford to send his daughter to a top-tier college.

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