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have an extension of the payroll tax holiday. what we re talking about, really, is a matter of politics rather than a matter of substance. the substance of the matter is, republicans are very much against raising taxes, particularly in a weak economy. for all the reasons that you just outlined, you don t want to hurt those who are helping to create jobs in the united states. what we have here, though, is an entirely different issue. you have a payroll tax holiday. last year, the congress and the president came out with an agreement that said, we are going to divert 2% of the money that you would otherwise be putting away for social security, back into your pockets. that amounted to about $19.24 in everybody s pocketbook, per week. now what we have is a democratic proposal that says, we re going to take 3% out, and not only are we going to take 3% out of social security, but we re also going to tax millionaires, we re going to tax the wealthy people, tax the people who are creating the

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