Robert Manning

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Founder and President of the Responsible Debt Relief Institute and  Research Professor of Consumer Finance at the Rochester Institute of Technology; author of Credit Card Nation: The Consequences of America's Addiction to Credit and editorial advisor to the film In Debt We Trust

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America's middle class is shrinking. The latest census classifies almost half of all Americans as either poor or "low income."

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America's middle class is shrinking. The latest census classifies almost half of all Americans as either poor or "low income."

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America's middle class is shrinking. The latest census classifies almost half of all Americans as either poor or "low income."

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America's middle class is shrinking. The latest census classifies almost half of all Americans as either poor or "low income."

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Despite the recession and unemployment near 10 percent, Americans are still accumulating more debt. Solicitations for credit cards doubled last year.

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Despite the recession and unemployment near 10 percent, Americans are still accumulating more debt. Solicitations for credit cards doubled last year.

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