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In reply to the discussion: Payroll Tax Cut Most horrifying decision ever [View all]Fla Dem
(23,655 posts)29. Death by a thousand cuts. The only upside is this may be the final cut to end of Trump
Essentially eliminating funding for Social Security and Medicare. Senior citizens will not respond well to this. Any that are still in his cult, may finally see the error of their ways.
I do not see the rational to this. Surely some of his advisers told him this would not be viewed favorably by his followers.
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Yes they have. They finally got a president evil enough and stupid enough to do it
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2020
#4
How does most of the media respond? "trump acts because congress didn't people will get checks!"
mucifer
Aug 2020
#10
It's not a tax cut. It's a tax postponement. And they'll undoubtedly charge all of us interest.
Squinch
Aug 2020
#12
Yes. In a normal world this would be the death knell to anyone's campaign
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2020
#37
Biden will not force people to pay it. He'll make soc security whole by taking money
CousinIT
Aug 2020
#67
how ironic is it that probably 50 to 60 percent of KY voters depend heavily
yellowdogintexas
Aug 2020
#36
No need to apologize. You've eloquently and logically described stark reality
MaryMagdaline
Aug 2020
#28
Death by a thousand cuts. The only upside is this may be the final cut to end of Trump
Fla Dem
Aug 2020
#29
So we all get a SSA balloon payment taken out of Our paychecks on Jan 1 2021....
Tommymac
Aug 2020
#39