Bill Archer: “Nobody on this side of the aisle said that payroll taxes were not taxes. Certainly they are taxes. We recognize that and…”

“Nobody on this side of the aisle said that payroll taxes were not taxes. Certainly they are taxes. We recognize that and we created the earned income tax credit specifically for that purpose, to give those families some tax relief against the burden of those payroll taxes. But they do not pay any income taxes so we are not going to give them income tax relief. So I just wanted to make that point crystal clear. They are taxes, we believe they are taxes, we already give them a credit against those taxes.”