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We all need to pull together... SHRED Jan 2013 #1
The problem is the phrase "payroll tax". It's not a "tax", it's a contribution to your retirement alberg Jan 2013 #17
Bullshit NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #2
Yup. Exactly. djean111 Jan 2013 #4
Nope, go back to 4.2% rate, but lift SS tax and apply to capital gains SWTORFanatic Jan 2013 #7
Of course you are right - but djean111 Jan 2013 #19
Yep, utter BS... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #30
Expiration of a temporary gift does not equal austerity. aintitfunny Jan 2013 #3
Temporary gifts like the Bush tax cuts? dkf Jan 2013 #5
Those should end too. 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #13
Long term temporary! aintitfunny Jan 2013 #31
The guy's making $6000 a month after taxes and complaining about $30 a week? Tempest Jan 2013 #6
Right, And His Gross Is $78,000 Per Year DallasNE Jan 2013 #12
that`s more than two years gross for my wife and i madrchsod Jan 2013 #20
Sounds like he spends everything he earns. Sad. dkf Jan 2013 #14
That seems to be the case high density Jan 2013 #27
He's a Republican in his heart if not on the voter rolls. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #15
He is making $6000 a month before taxes. former9thward Jan 2013 #23
That doesn't sound right Tempest Jan 2013 #24
My error. I meant $6000 a month assuming 4 week months. former9thward Jan 2013 #25
My boss did a round of raises to compensate bhikkhu Jan 2013 #8
Oh PLEASE it is only SS going back to where littlewolf Jan 2013 #9
hey asshole, you should have been putting 30 bucks in a saving account pasto76 Jan 2013 #10
I've noticed a lot of this Reich-Wanker Propaganda lately formercia Jan 2013 #11
Never should have been cut in the first place. If anything, the cap needs to be raised! LoisB Jan 2013 #16
I haven't spent money at a restaurant or movie in a couple of years lunatica Jan 2013 #18
Not sure why you thought it appropriate to post this without comment. But, you know..... Tarheel_Dem Jan 2013 #21
30$ I'm not going to spend at a restaurant obama2terms Jan 2013 #22
I must say, that as little as I currently earn, SheilaT Jan 2013 #26
goes to show the 2 year long Obama 'tax holiday' stimulus did pump $ into the economy Sunlei Jan 2013 #28
Everything's going according to plan. blkmusclmachine Jan 2013 #29
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