Millionaires multiply across the U.S., but most find it’s not all mansions and champagne
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July 31, 2025

Millionaires multiply across the U.S., but most find it’s not all mansions and champagne

By By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer 

NEW YORK (AP) — As a child, Heidi Barley watched her family pay for groceries with food stamps. As a college student, she dropped out because she couldn’t afford tuition. In her 20s, already scraping by, she was forced to take a pay cut that shrunk her salary to just $34,000 a year.

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