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gab13by13

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12. Exactly,

Reply to kentuck (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 07:03 PM

Mar 2020

When president Obama did it he replaced the tax cut from the general fund. I watched the press conference and I heard no mention of replacing the money to Social Security or Medicare. The amount lost for having a 0 payroll tax is 1+ trillion dollars, no way Republicans are going to pay that back from the general fund.

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So now they want a payroll tax cut. [View all] JohnnyRingo Mar 2020 OP

tax cut pamdb Mar 2020 #1

I watched part of the presser mindem Mar 2020 #2

I started a similar thread saying the same thing, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #11

to spend on what? ibegurpard Mar 2020 #3

And trump wants to make it permanent spanone Mar 2020 #4

No problems, just put an equal tax on the top 1%. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #6

we know that won't happen spanone Mar 2020 #7

Exactly, but put it back to him. OnDoutside Mar 2020 #8

It will just add fuel to the argument for cutting Medicare and Social Security. kentuck Mar 2020 #5

Exactly, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #12

They are using the opportunity to break out the knives misanthrope Mar 2020 #14

Read Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine malaise Mar 2020 #9

Yep. I thought there would be more posts on DU about how Klein's Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2020 #16

Same here but there is so much going on malaise Mar 2020 #17

Electioneering for Dummies maxsolomon Mar 2020 #10

All they have to do is give people the choice, gab13by13 Mar 2020 #13

Tortoise and the Hare maxsolomon Mar 2020 #15