veritas1 asked: 06/02/2014
MYTH #3: Laziness is the main cause of poverty & wage stagnation. Working harder/efficiently will invariably result in prosperity. REALITY: US worker productivity (poor & middle class) has doubled since 1984; wages have seen no substantial increase.
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Gender
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Income
<50k50-100k>100k 73%73%63%
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DemocratRepublicanIndependentLibertarian 93%21%79%52%
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Alaska (3 votes)
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Alaska
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Arizona
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California
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Delaware
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Georgia
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Guam
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Idaho
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Illinois
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Indiana
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Kansas
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Kentucky
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Louisiana
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Mass.
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Maryland
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Maine
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Michigan
(4 votes)		 100%
Minnesota
(9 votes)		 66% 34%
Missouri
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Mississippi
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Nebraska
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New Jersey
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New Mexico
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New York
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Ohio
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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Penn.
(11 votes)		 72% 28%
Puerto Rico
(0 votes)		 100%
R. Island
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S. Carolina
(3 votes)		 66% 34%
South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Utah
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Virginia
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Vermont
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Washington
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Wisconsin
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W. Virginia
(2 votes)		 50% 50%
Wyoming
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