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Same old tune: Postpone the subsidy cuts, because they hurt:<\/strong> The state may be trying to shield low-income citizens from the burden of economic reform, but it\u2019s simultaneously pushing the country\u2019s middle class to its breaking point, Hamdy Rizk writes in a column penned for Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. 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\u2019s already a high-inflation environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s simultaneously pushing the country\u2019s middle class to its breaking point, Hamdy Rizk writes in a column penned for Al Masry Al Youm. 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