ANOTHER tax cut that he wanted* but Democrats and Republicans did NOT want…
Seniors do NOT like lawmakers messing with Social Security and Medicare which payroll taxes go to fund….And Congress decides the taxes in America…President’s don’t…
But ?
Donald Trump just DID….
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday called President Trump’s executive order to cut payroll taxes “a reckless war on Social Security.”
One of the several orders Trump signed from his private club in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday afternoon directs the Treasury Department to allow employers to defer payment of employee-side Social Security payroll taxes through the end of the year for Americans making less than roughly $100,000 annually.
Trump also said that he intends to forgive the deferred payroll taxes and make permanent payroll tax cuts if he is reelected in November.
In an emailed statement addressing the president’s order, Biden said that such a move would “undermine the entire financial footing of Social Security.”
The presumptive Democratic nominee said that unlike the 2012 payroll tax plan put forth by the Obama administration, Trump’s executive order does not appear to include “protections or guarantees that the Social Security Trust Fund will be made whole.”
“He is laying out his roadmap to cutting Social Security,” Biden said. “Our seniors and millions of Americans with disabilities are under enough stress without Trump putting their hard-earned Social Security benefits in doubt.”
Employees and employers each pay Social Security payroll taxes of 6.2 percent of wages and Medicare payroll taxes of 1.45 percent of wages. One of Biden’s tax proposals would increase the payroll tax rate for people making over $400,000.
It remains unclear if Trump has the legal authority to suspend payroll taxes by executive action, and the president intimated during a question-and-answer session with reporters Saturday that he is expecting a lawsuit to challenge his move….
*Note…
Trump is talking about essential defunding Social Security and Medicare …
President Trump pledged on Saturday to pursue a permanent cut to the payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare if he wins reelection in November, a hard-to-accomplish political gambit that some experts see as a major headache for the future of the country’s entitlement programs.
Trump unexpectedly promised the policy action as he signed a directive that aims to help cash-starved Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic. The order allows workers to postpone their payroll tax payments into next year but doesn’t absolve their bills outright — though the president said he would seek to waive what people owe if he prevails on Election Day….
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Good point….
But I did point out that he wants the cut to be PERMEANT therefore defunding the two trust funds…
Biden needs to keep hitting Trump and the Republicans on this.
De-fund Affordable Care (without the mandate), De-fund the Post Office, De-fund the Social Security Trust Fund…
See a pattern here ??