Trump's payroll tax holiday could make Social Security's finances worse.

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3. I don't see how what Trump is doing is legal but

if it is there are people getting screwed. A married couple making $60,000 each would seem to get a benefit of $9,180 but a married couple where one person works and makes $120,000 while the other stays home would get zero benefit. The only way this would be equitable is if it is on the first $100,000 of income. This is hard to do in practice because payroll taxes are taken out by the employer, who does not have visibility into what an employees spouse makes. Plus, if you make $99,999 you save $7,650 versus no reduction if you make $100,000. I’d take the one dollar pay cut.