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Tax cuts for the * poor* who are living paycheck-to-paycheck do work — that usually means social security and Medicare payroll taxes, and sales taxes, and in rural areas property taxes, because those are the only taxes paid by poor people.
Matthew Yglesias » A Flawed Stimulus is Better than No Stimulus 2009
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If you are independently wealthy, this bug is evidently unimportant, perhaps even invisible, but for the average worker who lives paycheck-to-paycheck without job security, this forecast is the mother of all bugs.
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If I were flat broke, living paycheck-to-paycheck, I would not be going out for a steak dinner every night. donttreadonme
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"I have to tell you that I live paycheck-to-paycheck like most Americans," said the California Democrat.
Tale of Two Congressmen Carl J. Kelm 2011
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Over 7 out of 10 Americans are now living paycheck-to-paycheck.
Manisha Thakor : Gen X & Gen Y -- Dialing Financial 911 Manisha Thakor 2010
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I didn't have to worry about paycheck-to-paycheck.
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The people living precarious lives need a few creature comforts as a salve — the TV, the car bought with payments that just about fit the budget of paycheck-to-paycheck living, etc.
Matthew Yglesias » Jonah Goldberg Having Trouble Finding Upside of Economic Catastrophe 2009
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The people living precarious lives need a few creature comforts as a salve — the TV, the car bought with payments that just about fit the budget of paycheck-to-paycheck living, etc.
Matthew Yglesias » Jonah Goldberg Having Trouble Finding Upside of Economic Catastrophe 2009
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I didn't have to worry about paycheck-to-paycheck.
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Over 7 out of 10 Americans are now living paycheck-to-paycheck. ⢠They are making poor decisions: As a result of that fear they are not making the best long-term decisions for their futures.
Manisha Thakor : Gen X & Gen Y -- Dialing Financial 911 Manisha Thakor 2010
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