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John Garamendi: “Can I interrupt for just a second? The American Jobs Act, which we're trying to push through this Congress to get men…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2011
Can I interrupt for just a second? The American Jobs Act, which we're trying to push through this Congress to get men and women back to work, provides a tax reduction for the employer on wages less than $50 million. So for your childcare provider, for the small business person, the carpenter out there in the small business, they also get a 50 percent reduction in their payroll tax. So instead of 6.2, it goes to 3.1. So this isn't just for the wage earner. This is also for the business person.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California
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Dec 6, 2011

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