Jeff Bingaman actually said...

"I know that the argument is made now that we've got to go back to the previous level of the payroll tax in order to fund the Social Security Trust Fund, but there are bound to be alternative ways to p..."

"Allow the Bush tax cuts to expire at the end of the year, as they are scheduled to."

"Well I have heard people refer to the Federal Government as a big insurance policy with an army."

"My impression is that if you want to maximize employment in a society, you would try to find a way to keep the payroll tax as low as possible."