So did Trump just cut off funding for social security and medicare?

[Dr. Jack]

The Republicans last week told Trump flat out no on the payroll tax cut . It had no support among Republicans in congress. That's because it defunds social security and medicare. Did they not tell him this is political suicide because I guess he is about to find out the hard way.

[Thekaspervote]

1. Exactly...even mcturtle will balk at this

[Thomas Hurt]

2. As I undestand it, it is an EO or Memo temporarily reducing of the SS and Medicare tax rate...

which he probably doesn't have the constitutional power to do...oh and he promises to make it permanent when he gets re-elected.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Goal is

To defend everything steal the money give Putin his half and watch us die.

[Turbineguy]

4. No, he just gave people a fake refund.

You'll have to pay it back. Unless enough of you vote for him. Then he'll kill you.

[2naSalit]

5. ...

He thinks he did... the only thing that might stick is the eviction thing.

[soothsayer]

7. But didn't he only executively order some places to look at the eviction thing?

Basically he didn’t really do anything at all (except freak me out initially).

[2naSalit]

8. I did not review the details, you may be correct and I

Wouldn't know it! But he didn't do anything but raise blood pressure as a little jab at us and probably also, his aides trying to make him feel like the big guy so he can go back to the teevee lounge and congratulate himself.

I can't wait until January.

[soothsayer]

9. Just found this:

To recap:

1/ Evictions: No eviction moratorium or new rental $, asks HUD to "consider" if evictions should stop

2/ Unemployment: Uses $44B from FEMA to cover $300/week benefit for ~5 more weeks

3/ Taxes: Option to defer payroll tax payment, but w/o new law they'll still be due

[2naSalit]

10. And I just saw...

But haven't read yet, next up in the queue, that Speaker Pelosi and Sen. Schumer made a joint statement about it.

[soothsayer]

11. It's fantastic. I'll leave you to it

[2naSalit]

12. It's pretty much what I expected...

Both that response and Biden's response are like a sigh of relief. They are clear about what just happened and it would be good if more people were informed about it. Those two responses are enough for me, right now.

[soothsayer]

6. No, but he wants to