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Trump's Fake Payroll Tax Cut Is A Big Mess

The president's deferral of Social Security taxes for federal workers is creating administrative headaches with virtually no economic benefit.
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Your Paycheck Amount Might Change This Month. Here's Why.

That payroll tax “holiday” is really a short-term loan — which means smaller paychecks next year.
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Trump's Push To Cut Payroll Taxes Would Gut Social Security. He Has No Plan To Fix It.

The president's gambit gives Democrats a potent attack line just months away from the November election.
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'America Doesn't Have Kings': GOP Senator Slams Back At Trump Attack

Nebraska's Ben Sasse comes after Trump again after blasting his executive actions as "unconstitutional slop."
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Krugman: Trump's Executive Orders Are The Hydroxychloroquine Of Economic Policy

“This is something that was thrown together by somebody who has paid no attention to how these things actually work."
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Trump Using COVID-19 As A Cover To Gut Social Security And Medicare, Critics Charge

Americans were looking for "relief." Instead the president promised to defund Social Security and Medicare, said a Florida lawmaker.
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White House Pans More COVID-19 Testing Money As Clock Ticks On New Aid Package

The first round of coronavirus aid is running out.
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Steve Mnuchin Says He's Working To Get Checks To Americans 'Immediately'

“Americans need cash now … and I mean now, in the next two weeks,” the treasury secretary said of coronavirus relief efforts.
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Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Standoff: Paid Sick Leave, A Payroll Tax Cut — Or Both

Republicans seem more likely to go along with paid sick leave before Democrats agree to a payroll tax cut.
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Trump Backtracks On Tax Cuts, Says Economy Is Already Great

The White House seems worried that looking worried about the economy will worry people.
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