Trump Using COVID-19 As A Cover To Gut Social Security And Medicare, Critics Charge

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Americans were looking for 'relief,' instead the president promised to defund Social Security and Medicare, said a Florida lawmaker.

Trump himself presented the move as an opening gambit in his long game to eliminate the payroll taxes, which provide the funding for the social service programs. He promised to “terminate” the payroll tax if he’s reelected.

“If I’m victorious on November 3rd, I plan to forgive these taxes and make permanent cuts to the payroll tax,” Trump said at a news conference at his Bedminster golf course in New Jersey. “In other words, I’ll extended beyond the end of the year and terminate the tax.”Trump just promised that if he wins reelection he'll gut Social Security and Medicare.in November means protecting and expanding these benefits—ensuring our seniors have the ability to retire with dignity.

Employers typically withhold payroll taxes to send directly to the federal government to fund Social Security and Medicare. Trump’s order would defer workers’ portion of those taxes —

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