Would a payroll tax holiday boost economy?

As the April 15 tax deadline approaches, two freshmen House members are offering a new version of a hardy tax code perennial: a six-month “holiday” from payroll taxes that they say would benefit both small businesses and the working poor.

Under the bill offered by Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., and Rep. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, employers and employees of businesses with 50 or fewer workers would pay no Social Security and Medicare taxes for six ... Full Story »

Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Subjects: Business, U.S., Politics
Topics: Taxes, U.S. Congress
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Apr 13, 2009 - 12:49 PM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Apr 13, 2009 - 12:49 PM PDT

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by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 13, 2009

He does manage to drag in some arguments against the tax holiday, after leading with the proponents.

The article seems an attempt to resurrect this covert attack upon social security and medicare as part of an anti-tax BS campaign.

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