So the dem controlled house of reps refused to work out any kind of relief package, so POTUS does the few things he can do with only executive power - one of those things being to postpone payments for social security, unemployment and other payroll withholding taxes so people can take home a little more money now, when they really need it. Since his only power is to defer collection, not eliminate the requirement it be paid eventually, the plan relies on congress to forgive the payments next year when they'd be due. So, what does congress do? Do they cave in and give Americans desperately needed relief? Nope - what Biden did is he rolled out a campaign ad claiming that because POTUS has deferred collection of those payroll taxes, it means he's really shutting down social security and unemployment because he hates Americans and wants them to suffer. Good God, are there people stupid enough to buy that shit?
He's running it in PA right now. He also tried one where he asks 'why are these cities burning? It's because Trump is WEAK!' I imagine his team screening these things and someone in the group asking 'do we really expect people to be so abjectly retarded they'd believe this shit?' and then they all laugh and give the commercial the green light.
So the dem controlled house of reps refused to work out any kind of relief package, so POTUS does the few things he can do with only executive power - one of those things being to postpone payments for social security, unemployment and other payroll withholding taxes so people can take home a little more money now, when they really need it. Since his only power is to defer collection, not eliminate the requirement it be paid eventually, the plan relies on congress to forgive the payments next year when they'd be due. So, what does congress do? Do they cave in and give Americans desperately needed relief? Nope - what Biden did is he rolled out a campaign ad claiming that because POTUS has deferred collection of those payroll taxes, it means he's really shutting down social security and unemployment because he hates Americans and wants them to suffer. Good God, are there people stupid enough to buy that shit?
He's running it in PA right now. He also tried one where he asks 'why are these cities burning? It's because Trump is WEAK!' I imagine his team screening these things and someone in the group asking 'do we really expect people to be so abjectly retarded they'd believe this shit?' and then they all laugh and give the commercial the green light.