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2013-01-06 — disinfo.com
Analysts who looked closely at the big deal so hysterically pushed through Congress as the dramatic end-piece of a year of political warfare, say that there will be very little gain for the middle class with income taxes down but payroll taxes up, insuring that it will be more, at best, of a wash than a redistribution of wealth on any level. Many Americans, not just the rich, will be shelling out more, not less.
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The headlines, speak of a victory for the middle class while the deal's details show what an illusion that is.
There is a deeper attack on the middle class underway that is not yet "breaking news...''
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