Conservatives threaten to upend stimulus negotiations with last minute demand for payroll tax cut

[SheltieLover]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/conservatives-threaten-to-upend-stimulus-negotiations-with-last-minute-demand-for-payroll-tax-cut/

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Conservatives threaten to upend stimulus negotiations with last minute demand for payroll tax cut
Published 1 min ago on August 1, 2020By Bob Brigham

Jeff Stein, the White House economics reporter for The Washington Post, reported that conservatives are launching a “six-figure ad buy” to push for a payroll tax cut, an idea that he noted was widely considered to be dead.

More at link. Very difficult to copy from RS.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. De-fund social security is the point here I assume

These horrible traitor killers will do anything to destroy people

[SheltieLover]

2. You nailed it!

Precisely their goal!

Dems best not go for that!

And Joe needs to remove cap on SS wages that are taxable!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

14. Yes!

I hope Joe does the right thing.

[SheltieLover]

15. Me too!

🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[James48]

3. Don't do it.

Never relent in protecting Social Security.
Here is the compromise to offer- leave Soci Security and Medicare taxes in place, and drop Federal Tax on the first $100,000 in income. Let’s see how that flies.

[Volaris]

12. We should redefine the first 100k in income to WAGES, and declare them tax free.

There needs to be a distinction between the 2. Wages are money you WORK FOR, and income is PROFIT.

[Iliyah]

4. Spending money on a ad . .

while people are suffering and needing some sort of monetary relief . .

Cold hearted motherf**kers . .

[SheltieLover]

7. YUP!

That they are!

[LiberalArkie]

5. Take it out of the federal income tax and leave SS and Medicare alone.

[SheltieLover]

9. I hope Joe

Reinstates wealth tax!

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. A payroll tax cut doesn't help if you don't have a job in the first place.

It's like that proposal for a $4000 tax credit for travel. Same deal.

[SheltieLover]

8. They just want excuse to gut SS & Medicare

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. Yeah, they're depressingly obvious about it. nt

[Thekaspervote]

11. The house will have NONE of it!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

13. No! No! No!

Instead, raise the limit on the income that's taxed to at least $500,000. Not to mention cancel all the ridiculous tax cuts for the wealthy.