Mr. Pollard, it's good to have you back at our committee. Your organization, your members, pay out a lot in payroll taxes. Last January, the government increased payroll taxes, about $600 million was the take. Next year, it's scheduled to be a $1.2 billion increase in January. Do you feel that during these times of high unemployment and the challenges that employers face in trying to expand hiring, it would be prudent for the government to freeze payroll taxes where they are now and not to increase them in January?
On October 18th, 2011. See this statement in context.