Many attendees who passed Salem Reporter’s booth at the Salem Saturday Market over the weekend paused a good distance away, squinting to read the signs before mouthing “payroll tax?”  Some shrugged, some shook their heads and others approached the booth to cast a vote with a sticky note. Our booth had two poster boards, with … Continue reading REPORTER’S COLUMN: What I learned from talking to Salemites about a proposed tax on their paychecks