What Can You Buy with $40?

The White House launched a Twitter campaign in response to the House failure on Tuesday to pass an extension to the payroll tax break.

"The payroll tax holiday would keep an extra $1,000 in the pockets of an average American worker — or $40 per paycheck, according to the administration," reported the Washington Post.

The White House asked its 2.6 million Twitter followers what $40 would mean to them. Obama’s campaign Twitter account re-published the message to its 11.6 million followers.

"Macon Phillips, the White House director of new media, wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday night that responses were coming in at the rate of 2,000 per hour," said the Post.

Responses are still coming in.  These are examples from Thursday morning:

invisiblebob08   @whitehouse I'm a college student who just got my first raise ever. Please don't let the pay roll tax take that away from me. #40dollars

Martha Carter   @whitehouse #40dollars is a doctor visit and medication refill for an uninsured patient at our Community Health Center

Colin J. Cerniglia   @whitehouse #40dollars is more than I made during my entire shift at work tonight. Hard times... could use it!

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