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Seeker_of_Firecrotch 0 points ago +1 / -1

Wha? “A payroll tax cut would reduce the amount taken out of workers' paychecks to fund federal programs including Social Security and Medicare.”

Sauce: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/21/politics/payroll-tax-cut-trump-congress-relief-negotiations/index.html

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ArtLife 1 point ago +1 / -0

Payroll taxes generally mean the part paid by your employer (unemployment and other taxes paid by the employer). You do NOT want them to not take out your SS as that would affect your retirement.

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ArtLife 1 point ago +1 / -0

My bad. seems this is word salad. payroll taxes have always meant the employer's obligations (payroll). What we pay are income taxes plus SS and Medicare. So it seems the tax holiday is a deferment of SS and Medicare that would later be forgiven if/when Trump is re-elected.