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Hope and less change:

Americans cringe at first

paychecks of 2013;

Stunned lib asks,

‘What happened?’Posted at 8:18 am on January 4, 2013 by Twitchy Staff |

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Happy New Year and happy payday! Thank

goodness our “lord and savior” Obama signed the

fiscal cliff bill into law after proudly proclaiming,

“Under this law, more than 98 percent of Americans

and 97 percent of small businesses will not see their

income taxes go up.”

Promises, promises.

While PolitiFact will likely rate Obama’s statement“Mostly Swoon,” around 70 percent of Americans are

going to pay more taxes in 2013. If you like your

payroll taxes (and even if you don’t), you can keep

them and pay two percent more than you did in 2012.

Earlier this week, many Americans realized the “fair

share” fiscal cliff deal didn’t seem so fair. One

Democratic Underground commenter was a little

behind yesterday and was shocked — shocked! — to

learn that the fiscal cliff crapwich didn’t extend thepayroll tax holiday. (They don’t call ‘em DUmmies for

nothing.)

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TwittaBeata RT @NC5 Why Your Paycheck Just Got Smaller http://t.co

/Y4ocHWaW<< this was messed up...Iwas mad this morning...39 seconds ago · reply · retweet · favorite

kelsegan My paycheck should be $96 but itsactually $29 because of taxes... Obamaraised minimum serving wage from $3instagr.am/p/UF0zcXLluw/5 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

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“What happened?” he asked. “My paycheck just went

down by an amount that I don’t feel comfortable

with. I guarantee this decrease will hurt me more

than the increase in income taxes will hurt those

making over $400,000.”

How’s that class warfare working out for ya, pal?

Yep, elections have consequences, and here’s how all

those cries of “Eat the rich!” are working out:

democraticunderground.com/10022125273#po…—

jakeandpooky How soon b4 people payinghigher taxes in their paycheck blamerepublicans. Oh wait that happened already.#LiberalLogic #tcot #morons5 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite

atothex126 Hey folks! I couldn't help noticingmy paycheck had gotten smaller. It's thatdamn payroll tax hike. Thanks Obama!

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As the first pay period of 2013 comes to a close,

employers are being forced to ring in the new year by

explaining why their employees’ checks are smaller.


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Indeed, some employees are baffled by their

shrinking paychecks.

American workers are feeling the pain, and it’s

definitely not just the rich.


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And you know whose fault that is, right?

Of course. But there may be one silver lining in all of

this:


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Update:

It seems many more Americans are simply baffled by

the change in their paychecks.

How many voted their way to a smaller paycheck?


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Its shocking how if its a tax increase,

twitchers just automatically assume its the

Marxist Obama's fault. Look in the mirror

Twitchers. This is a bomb the GOP threw.

Nah, not really shocking.

EEKman • 4 hours ago

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The expiration of the payroll tax cut

was something republicans insisted on during

the fiscal cliff negotiations. Now the GOP has

the balls to blame the president? Typical GOP

hypocrisy. It was either let the 2009 PAYROLL

HOLIDAY that the GOP HATED when it was

passed expire or take away the child, school,

and personal tax deductions from income taxrefunds. Do you really think democrats wanted

to remove the payroll tax cut THEY PASSED

IN 09? Bunch of stupid republicans talking shit

like always. Give us a democratic house &

you'll get that tax cut again in 14.

Ethel Arauz • 5 hours ago

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The expiration of the payroll tax cut

was something republicans insisted on during

the fiscal cliff negotiations. Now the GOP has

the balls to blame the president? Typical GOP

hypocrisy. It was either let the 2009 PAYROLL

HOLIDAY that the GOP HATED, when it was

passed or take away the child, school, and

personal tax deductions from income tax

refunds. Do you really think democrats wanted

Ethel Arauz • 5 hours ago

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