They could be compensated through some kind of rebate, or a cut in other taxes; it's been proposed, for example, that revenues from a carbon tax could be used to reduce the payroll tax.
The payroll tax now provides a third of federal revenues.
But I hadn't: like a shoe store, or a restaurant, I was running a business with the obligatory expenses, like a full staff on payroll, a shop to rent, and a million dollars worth of pre-ordered shoes to design, inspect, manufacture and mail out to my customers.
On Wednesday private payroll supplier ADP released its latest national employment report, which said 179,000 jobs were added in May, a significant slump after two consecutive months of growth over 200,000.
Related: I start the day with anti-depressants and end wishing I didn't work in NHS payroll Investment in this workforce also makes economic sense, according to Skills for Health, which calculates that changing the skill mix and increasing and developing the support workforce by 1% has the potential to save £100m a year.
The deal leaves untouched a scheduled 2 percentage point increase in the payroll tax, ending a temporary reduction enacted two years ago to help revive the economy.
If his employer doesn't want to keep Charlie's dad on the payroll after 60 or 65, and he's got a mountain of debt, then there's a risk that he'll end up as a burden on social services – and taxpayers, including you.
Over the prior 12 months, nonfarm payroll employment growth has now averaged 197,000 per month.
Friday's government jobs report followed a slightly less buoyant assessment of the jobs market from ADP, the US's largest payroll company.
Any member of the government "payroll vote" – ministers and their parliamentary aides – who defy a three-line whip would have to resign.
The Kerr murder has again raised the spectre of collusion between the security forces and agents belonging to paramilitary organisations who commit crimes while on the state's payroll.
