As Federal Deficit Nears $2 Trillion, Economic Officials Open Doors to Middle-Class Taxes

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At President Obama's daily economic briefing this morning, the president took the time to re-educate two of his administration's top economic officials on his campaign promise that he would not raise taxes on the middle class. Over the weekend, when pressed on whether the president would raise taxes on middle-class Americans to bring down the record-breaking deficit, two of his closest economic advisers dodged the question. "We're going to have to do what's necessary,"