The S.S. payroll tax was temporarily reduced from 6.2% to 4.4%.  The tax holiday simply expired, there was no tax hike.  It was never intended to be permanent.  I also distinctly remember people criticizing the President saying that this tax holiday was so insignificant that it would not help anyone.  Now that it is ov...more

I don't know a lot about crop insurance but what I do know I will try to set some of those straight who think crop insurance will make farmers rich.  When you buy crop insurance you are insuring a guaranteed yield amount.  If your actual yield  is greater than that you get nothing.  If the actual yield is less than tha...more