Reply #7: Thanks for your thoughtful response. You might be interested in this

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article from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=2264, which explains how a Making Work Pay Tax Cut has much better stimulus effect and would not harm Social Security's finances.

I agree we should have studen loan forgiveness. Student loans are crippling my generation's ability to ever spend, buy a home, etc. Plus, there are no jobs for college grads and even less for people with only high school diplomas or less.

The payroll tax cut wouldn't be such a scary idea if we knew for sure we could count on it expiring. With Republicans in the house, I am not so optimistic. Plus, this will be pinned on Obama as a tax increase on middle and lower income Americans.