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Reuters is claiming that Obama’s plan to reduce the deficit includes increasing taxes on the middle class.  The story was originally posted to the internet Monday evening with the title “Backdoor Taxes to Hit the Middle Class”.  It clearly lays out the case that Obama is going to break his well known campaign promise of not raising taxes on people making less than $250,000.  This is a rare story from Reuters, because it is critical of Obama.  However, a few hours after the story was posted, Reuters pulled it from the internet.  Why would they pull such a big story about the President breaking a major campaign promise?  Maybe they received a phone call from the White House telling them that the administration did not approve of the story?  Liberal bias in the media?  State control of the news agencies?  Whatever the reason is, I found a copy of the Reuters story still up on the website of an NBC affiliate in Texas.  Here is the now elusive Reuters story about Obama’s backdoor taxes on the middle class.  I decided to post the entire article in case the NBC affiliate is forced to take it down.  From Reuters,