House Republican leaders have finally agreed to a short-term extension of the payroll-tax break that saves working Americans money in these hard times. They had been holding middle-class families hostage on behalf of billionaire oil barons who want to build a huge multi-state pipeline without real review.
Don’t spend your savings too fast, wage-slaves. Like in the Christmas Truce of World War I, it will be back to the trenches in the New Year. Expect more extortionate demands from Congressional Republicans.
Happy Holidays.
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December 23, 2011 at 1:38 pm
UPDATES:
“House, Senate pass 2-month extension of payroll tax cut,” Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post
“House Abandons Brave Fight To Raise Taxes on Workers, Passes Extension,” Kirsten Boyd Johnson, Wonkette