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 Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:13 pm Post subject: right wing going after SS in C-19 relief bill |
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-gop-slips-attack-social-215246065.html
Column: GOP slips an attack on Social Security into its coronavirus relief bill
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Social Security advocates who breathed a sigh of relief when Senate Republicans rejected President Trump's demand to place a payroll cut in the latest coronavirus relief bill exhaled too soon.
The version unveiled Monday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) incorporates a provision even more menacing for Social Security (and Medicare too).
This is the so-called TRUST Act, which was crafted by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and has been bubbling along in Capitol Hill corridors since last year.
They are plotting to use the cover of the pandemic to slash Social Security.
Nancy Altman, Social Security Works
The TRUST Act is a device to tamper with Social Security behind closed doors and in a way that would allow senators and members of Congress to wreak havoc on the program without leaving fingerprints.
The TRUST Act is now a provision of the HEALS Act — the Senate GOP's opening bid on coronavirus relief. So it's timely to give it a close look.
We'll start by pointing out that Social Security advocates are universally opposed to the measure, which they see, correctly, as an expression of longtime conservative hostility to the program.
"In the midst of a catastrophic pandemic," says Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, Republicans "should be focused on protecting seniors, essential workers, and the unemployed. Instead, they are plotting to use the cover of the pandemic to slash Social Security." |
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trumps new executive order to stop payroll taxes and his plan to make it permanent if elected for the first time.
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| real-human wrote: | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-permanent-payroll-tax-cut-would-deplete-social-security-funds-by-2023-analysis-finds-205515510.html
Trump’s permanent payroll tax cut would deplete Social Security funds by 2023, analysis finds
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Fuck that. Trump is a complete ass who cares not for the average citizen. Do I get a refund on all the payroll taxes I have paid in over the years? |
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