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    Middle Class Blues

    US jobs numbers stayed flat for June, and the Eurozone continues its downward slide. What's to become of America's middle class and who's to blame?

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    By Matt Miller • Jul 6, 2012 • 29m Listen

    New employment numbers out Friday morning show the US economy added 80,000 jobs, that's well short of what experts say it'll take to pull the US out its jobs slump. The Euro and other world markets fell on that news, but aren't Europe's economic woes at least partly to blame for lackluster hiring by US employers? (Spiral alert!) Speaking of Europe's woes, London's banking scandal keeps spreading. And what's with The Wall Street Journal scorching the Romney campaign on its editorial pages this week?

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      Co-host, 'Left, Right & Center'

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