If he were to let the payroll tax apply to high incomes, too, he would add another 12.4%, split between employee and employer.

如果他打算对高收入也征收薪工税的话，他还会另外加上12.4%，由雇员和雇主平摊。

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Last December, Obama proposed and won in the tax package a temporary, one year, 2% cut in the employee payroll tax.

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This agreement would also mean a 2 percent employee payroll tax cut for workers next year a tax cut that economists across the political spectrum agree is one of the most powerful things we can do to create jobs and boost economic growth.

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This agreement would also mean a 2 percent employee payroll tax cut for workers next year -- a tax cut that economists across the political spectrum agree is one of the most powerful things we can do to create jobs and boost economic growth.

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