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Quemado

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20. Exactly. Don't count on Florida being lost.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Reply #9)

Fri Aug 7, 2020, 10:05 AM

Aug 2020

Many voters do not vote their pocketbook. Instead, they are "culture voters".

Also, a payroll tax cut won't immediately affect Social Security payments. If there is an effect, it probably won't happen for several years.

The only way I can see elderly voters turning on Trump on a payroll tax cut is if and when it affects them significantly in their benefit amounts.

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Retirees To 'Fight Plan To Gut Social Security'; Trump Announces Exec. Order To Suspend Payroll Tax [View all] appalachiablue Aug 2020 OP

K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1

He just lost Florida duforsure Aug 2020 #2

+1 appalachiablue Aug 2020 #3

Don't count on it Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #9

Exactly. Don't count on Florida being lost. Quemado Aug 2020 #20

At this point he may as well declare Martial Law... AZ8theist Aug 2020 #4

+1 appalachiablue Aug 2020 #6

He's doing this because... diverdownjt Aug 2020 #5

it may be a leverage ploy. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2020 #17

We need to hammer Trump on SS DIVINEprividence Aug 2020 #7

"Suspending a tax" sounds good to the low information folks luv2fly Aug 2020 #12

+1 pandr32 Aug 2020 #15

media keeps referencing payroll tax cut without sayin it's SS. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2020 #18

they don't say SS. They repeat his hidden agenda. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2020 #19

K&R Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #8

This is his idiotic strategy gab13by13 Aug 2020 #10

Will those seniors brainwashed by Fox News get the connection? LiberalBrooke Aug 2020 #11

Take away the Emperor's Sharpie. Grokenstein Aug 2020 #13

So far he's pissed off the seniors (social security) and the youngsters (Tik Tok). LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2020 #14

What Trump calls his "gut instinct" is actually . . . LaMouffette Aug 2020 #16