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Trump's suggestion to eliminate payroll tax doesn't add up

by Associated Press
| August 13, 2020 4:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to cut Social Security payroll taxes for the rest of the year — and even arguing for a permanent cut — would do little to bolster the coronavirus-battered economy in the short term and could destabilize long-term funding for benefits that millions of Americans depend on.

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