extend the payroll tax cut, which affects 77% of American households.

Only those making over $400,000 had their income tax cuts expire, but many more people making under that amount are going to be taxed more from every paycheck due to the payroll tax increase. These people are the lower and middle class citizens that run the engine of our economy. In order to ensure a speedy economic recovery, the 2011 payroll tax cut needs to be extended.