You would expect americans, in a period of falling home prices, a wobbly stock market and an ongoing war, to be less than satisfied with the direction of the country. It's natural. But Americans are not simply dissatisfied. They are very unhappy. O.K., deeply, pessimistically unhappy. Un-American Dreamy unhappy. In an exclusive Time/Rockefeller Foundation poll, 85% of respondents said the country is on the wrong track. It's an unprecedented downer in an optimistic nation, and depending on whom you talk to, the numbers simply get worse, Among blacks and Latinos, the dissatisfaction levels are 96% and 88%, respectively. And fewer than half of 18-to-29-year-olds believe that the country's best days are ahead.
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