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David Loebsack: “We cannot, and should not, balance the budget on the backs of the poor and the middle class.”

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
We cannot, and should not, balance the budget on the backs of the poor and the middle class.

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Loebsack argues against budget cuts that disproportionately affect lower-income individuals.

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