CNN 2011-12-10（在线收听）

 CNN News from here Atlanta, Georgia straight to your classrooms, I’m Carl Azuz, this is CNN Student News. Today we’re starting something called a payroll tax. Here’s the deal on the payroll tax from A to Z. Americans have been getting a break on their federal payroll tax, what does this mean is that they’re taking home a bit more of what they earn. For example, someone making around $50,000 this year took home an extra $1,500 thanks to the payroll tax break. The government has to take action to extent the payroll tax cuts in the next year, otherwise the payroll tax goes back up and Americans see less money in their paychecks. What Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on is how to pay for this, extending the payroll tax break would cost the government about 200 billion dollars, Democrats including the President want to pay for this by raising the taxes on millionaires whom they believe can afford to pay more. Republicans don’t want taxes go up for anyone during a lousy economy, they wanna pay for the extension by cutting government’s spending. Well the two sides found common ground may be, may be not, but no matter how much you or your parents make, you’ll probably notice. There’re few weeks left for Congress to vote on whether or not to extend the payroll tax cut. During a speech yesterday President Obama urged Congress to act immediately, Democrats and Republicans have both been offering plans on this, but the proposals have been criticized sometimes form members of the same parties who offer them.