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On the recordDecember 7, 2010
When we get serious about deficit reduction, you know who's really going to get hit hard? It's going to be the middle class.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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Gergen warns that middle-class Americans will bear the brunt of deficit reduction efforts.

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