[NonValueAdded]

Of course he cut back on that extension. He wants the low-wage earner to feel some immediate "cliff" pain to increase the pressure on Congress.

I will know tomorrow how my company handles this. These will be 2012 hours but pain in 2013. This should be interesting.

[BfloGuy]

Of course he cut back on that extension. He wants the low-wage earner to feel some immediate "cliff" pain to increase the pressure on Congress.

That may well be but it was a stupid move to cut that particular tax in the first place. It was never going to spur any economic growth [and it didn't], but it did put Social Security into an even worse situation.