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Gain in payroll jobs higher than expected. Unemployment rate falls to 7.5%. Revisions soar.
Posted by admin on May 3rd, 2013
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No Comments »Raising payroll tax cap is the best fix for Social Security
Posted by admin on April 14th, 2013
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Americans feel austerity’s bite as payroll taxes rise
Posted by admin on January 12th, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Americans are beginning to feel the pinch from Washington's decision to embrace austerity measures aimed at bringing down the nation's budget deficit. Paychecks across the country have shrunk over the last week due to higher federal tax rates, and workers are already cutting back on spending, which will drag on the economy [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Americans, austerity's, bite, Feel, payroll, Rise, taxes No Comments »Support mounting for extending payroll tax holiday
Posted by admin on November 15th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Support is quietly mounting in Congress to extend the payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans or to replace it with a similar break to protect American workers from an immediate hit in their take-home pay at the beginning of next year, according to lawmakers. The payroll tax holiday, now in its [...]
Evidence surfaces suggesting Iranian missile Photoshoppers could be on Romney campaign payroll
Posted by admin on October 26th, 2012
Well this is hilarious: BuzzFeed just caught the Romney campaign exaggerating the size of one its campaign rallies with an altered image. You can view BuzzFeed’s full analysis of the image here, but in short the Romney campaign simply duplicated several sections of the crowd, making the audience seem much bigger than it was. And [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: Campaign, Could, Evidence, Iranian, Missile, payroll, Photoshoppers, Romney, Suggesting, surfaces No Comments »French report to urge payroll tax cuts: media
Posted by admin on October 20th, 2012
PARIS (Reuters) – A government-commissioned report will urge France to cut 30 billion euros ($ 39.09 billion) in payroll taxes over two to three years to increase the country’s competitiveness, newspaper Le Figaro said on its website on Friday citing unnamed sources. The lost revenue would have to be covered by massive cuts in public [...]
New York’s MTA payroll tax unconstitutional: judge
Posted by admin on August 23rd, 2012
(Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority could lose $ 1.5 billion of revenue a year after a state court ruled on Wednesday that a payroll tax was unconstitutional, partly because it applies to only 12 counties in the state. The tax is paid by employers located within the downstate area served by the MTA, [...]
Payroll Tax Deal Pushes U.S. Closer to Debt Ceiling
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2012
The payroll tax extension that Congress passed last week “accelerated the timeline for another battle over the debt ceiling,” The Hill reports. Tweet This Post
Dems, GOP look to play offense after payroll fight
Posted by admin on February 18th, 2012
Bruised from the payroll tax cut brawl, congressional Republicans want to change the subject and push legislation they say would create jobs by promoting transportation and energy projects, cutting business taxes and helping companies raise capital. Tweet This Post
Congress extends payroll tax cut, sends to Obama
Posted by admin on February 18th, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congress on Friday passed legislation extending a tax cut for 160 million workers through December and continuing long-term jobless benefits, handing President Barack Obama a major victory in this election year. In two quick bipartisan votes, the House of Representatives passed the measure 293-132, and minutes later the Senate passed it 60-36. [...]
