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Trouble in Springfield: Joe Bidens plan to salvage the American Dream 18 Jan, 2021 04:32 AM 7 minutes to read Incoming US president, Joe Biden. Photo / AP Daily Telegraph UK By: Tom Rees For more than 30 years, The Simpsons has been the epitome of the average American family, "upper lower middle class" as Homer once described it. He managed to provide his cartoon family of five a comfortable life with his low-skilled job at the Springfield nuclear power plant, despite only ha...

For more than 30 years, The Simpsons has been the epitome of the average American family, “upper lower middle class” as Homer once described it. He managed to provide his cartoon family of five a comfortable life with his low-skilled job at the Springfield nuclear power plant, despite only having a general educational diploma after failing to graduate high school. But fans looking back on The Simpsons three decades later have pointed out that the clan may not have enjoyed the same comfort...