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What $40 Means to Americans Across the Country

PEDERAL WHAT $40 MEANS TO AMERICANS IF 21297589 D F6 ACROSS THE COUNTRY The typical American family making $50,000 a year will have about $40 less to spend or save with each paycheck if Congress fails to extend the payroll tax cut. The White House asked Americans to tell us what losing that $40 would mean to them. More than 30,000 people across the country submitted responses on WhiteHouse.gov. Learn more @ WhiteHouse.gov The $40 I would lose is money I send to help my brother. He has had a myriad of health problems over the past two years $40 means the difference to me in The forty dollars means that my kids buying gas or paying my electric bill. I am disabled so I am on a very extreme tight monthly income. can continue to wear decent clothes and I can afford to give them them opportunity to participate in school programs that are not funded and has only been able work intermittently. He was recently diagnosed with inoperable cancer to L.P., Forest Grove, Oregon through the State and Federal funding. $40 bucks a paycheck is HUGE for me. Tam J.R., Brainerd, Minnesota and has no health nce. Without what supporting my adult daughter and her four insurance. some say isn't a lot of money, my brother children. wouldn't have food in his K.J., Sacramento, refrigerator. California S.K., Somerville, Massachusetts This is nearly what a typical electric each month. Mine usually runs $40-50, because I can't afford heat or air. costs "$40 less a paycheck means I will have to pick between my insulin and the water bill. It means never being able to see my doctor - even though I have insurance." A.J., Winter Haven, Florida "$40.00 a paycheck will allow me to continue to pay co-pays to doctors for necessary medical treatments needed to control debilitating disease." B.T. Roswell, New Mexico J.R., Arlington, Texas It means a home cooked meal for my family of 5. It means new shoes for 2 of my kids. R.J., Kodiak, Alaska Forty dollars a paycheck allows my son to have hot lunches @ school. M.L., Honolulu, Hawaii ADD YOUR VOICE Share what $40 a paycheck means to you Visit WhiteHouse.gov/40dollars Use #40Dollars on Twitter

What $40 Means to Americans Across the Country

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The typical American family making $50,000 a year will have about $40 less to spend or save with each paycheck if Congress fails to extend the payroll tax cut. The White House asked Americans to tellu...

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