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Ask the Expert: Gas Prices Are Tightening the Middle Class Squeeze

How are rising gas prices affecting household budgets? Is there an end in sight to the middle-class squeeze? And how can we ease the strain on America's families?

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Read the new report from Amanda Logan and Christian E. Weller on rising gas prices:

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