I estimate that the rise by two percentage points in the amount collected from employees corresponds to about $1.4 trillion in revenue over ten years. This serious revenue boost was not counted in standard reports, because the payroll-tax “holiday” for 2011-2012 had always been treated legally as temporary.
但避免财政悬崖妥协的最重要部分是重建有效工资税。我估计，将雇员税负提高2个百分点意味着未来十年增加1.4万亿美元税收。这笔巨大的税收增加并不计入标准报税表，因为2011—2012年收入税“假期”一直被视为是定向、临时的。