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Reid Mulls Payroll Tax Hike to Pay for Health Care

By on 11.12.09 @ 11:21AM

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a payroll tax hike on those earning more than $250,000 to pay for health care legislation, the Hill reports. The idea of raising taxes during a recession and double-digit unemployment is insane, of course. But it also raises another question -- if health care legislation is going to save us so much money, then why do Democrats have to raise taxes to pay for it?

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