Low-income citizens are being shielded from price increases at the expense of the middle class

Same old tune: Postpone the subsidy cuts, because they hurt: The state may be trying to shield low-income citizens from the burden of economic reform, but it’s simultaneously pushing the country’s middle class to its breaking point, Hamdy Rizk writes in a column penned for Al Masry Al Youm. Rizk plays the same tune as many others, urging the state to hold off on raising electricity prices come July, saying some citizens simply will not be able to keep up in what’s already a high-inflation environment.