A Much Smarter Approach to a Payroll Tax Cut Extension
December 1, 2011
‘This is the kind of balanced plan Americans are looking for. It’s focused on helping middle-class Americans without asking them to fund benefits for the wealthiest among us — and it does so without hamstringing the economy, as the Democrats would, with a permanent tax on job creators. And it also helps rein in bureaucracy in Washington. Millions of Americans have had to go without or to live with less over the past few years, yet all they see here is that Washington just keeps getting bigger and richer. It’s about time Washington took the hit for a change.’