Many Americans received their first paycheck of 2013 today. That sound you hear is the collective "What the . .. " they have emitted upon looking at their pay stub. For all the self-congratulatory back-patting from the White House and Congress on the deal that averted the "fiscal cliff" of tax increases—the deal locked in the George W.
Ouch! No, You're Not Imagining It. Your Paycheck Just Shrunk.
Neil Irwin, Washington Post
Fri, 01/11/2013 - 9:33am
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