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5 Reasons Why Extending Unemployment Benefits and the Payroll Tax Cut Will Benefit All Americans

December 22, 2011 | by Center for American Progress | HS News Network

For the third time this year, the federal government is facing the very real possibility of a shutdown because of budgetary brinksmanship on the part of conservatives in Congress. This time the standoff is centered on a payroll tax cut benefiting 160 million working Americans—and unemployment benefits that help keep some 6.7 million unemployed Americans afloat as the economy recovers from the recession continue reading »