THE WAPO DOES HIRE STUPIDS LIKE ZACHARY GOLDFARB

You may recall that the payroll tax was cut as part of Obama's stimulus package but this overpaid dodo of a policy editor doesn't recall that:

In 2013, most Americans had a good bit less money, after adjusting for taxes, than the year before. That's because in 2013, a huge tax increase affecting ordinary workers took effect, raising the employee payroll tax from 4.2 percent to 6.2 percent.