Posted on 08/08/2020 2:41:07 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump says he will sign an Executive Order to ease the suffering of those harmed by the pandemic-related shutdowns and to stimulate the economy. Congress has failed to agree on a new package to accomplish these things.
Trump’s Executive Order would include these four components: (1) a payroll tax holiday until the end of the year, (2) an extension of enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year, (3) an extension of the eviction moratorium for federal subsidized housing, and (4) a suspension of student loan payments until further notice.
Questions surround the legality of accomplishing at least some of these things via executive order. Trump’s response to that might be, “so sue me.”
There are also questions about the fiscal impact of some of the measures, at least for those who still care about the national debt. In addition, there are questions about the efficacy of a payroll tax cut and the wisdom of extended generous unemployment benefits.
However, as a political matter, Trump’s move looks like a masterstroke. Since the days of FDR, the public has always seemed to approve of presidents who act to ameliorate suffering while Congress diddles. A flurry of activity, even of the futile or potentially counterproductive kind, makes a president look energetic and caring.
In this instance, Trump’s move might well force congressional Democrats to reach a deal. That outcome, too, would be a political win for the president.
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Did you not watch the press conference? POTUS specifically addressed waiving the pay back.
Keep on Trumping
and the unemployed? Let them eat cake?
You’ve recovered well.
“If we win, we have to break the back of the communists running our primary and secondary schools.”
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How? We’ve had three plus years and I see nothing done.
"I wanted to do this for people being hurt by this lockdown, and the Democrats, who want their own bill full of hundreds of billions of pork dollars for Democrat cites, pork dollars that have nothing to do with COVID-19 or people out of work and have everything to do with Blue Democrat cities that didn't do anything to stop this destruction, and now want you, the taxpayers of America, to bail them out. I didn't think that was right, so I tried helping America this way."
That is the way they slander us, and it is done dishonestly. This is at least honest, because he wants to alleviate the pressure on hurting Americans and doesn't want to drive us even deeper into unrecoverable debt with pork for blue states which the Left has put in the bill.
I understand your view, but Trump and people advising him know how this is supposed to work.
Like I said, it’s hard. But if you really want to make a difference you do what you have to do.
If you just want to spin up your base you issue a pointless EO.
I don't know about where you live, but here in Louisville, employers are BEGGING people to come back to work. GE is running ads all day, every day offering $15+ per hour with full benefits.
Many unemployed have been making more NOT working than working. I personally several in this group. Now, they're looking at going back.
Annnnd SCOTUS doesn;t come back until October...Gosh,2 more whole months before you can even see them
It turns out that Obama hasn’t been President for quite some time now,
Unless he really wants to change things.
Fun part is how Trump boxed the Libtards into a deal for Corona.
States can 25% of the $400 for their citizens and if they want to increase those benefits to Oh, I don’t know, ($600) then the Feds will cover 75% of that.
They can’t say no to $400 and maybe not $600 and litigating the whole thing is a No Va
So, they lost again and Team Trump gets to crow about it til Nov 3 and again in January when he extends it further....
You may be a bit late to this party... Obama set the precedent and good ole Chief Justice Roberts upheld it.
Good or bad, this is now de facto law of the land.
It’s very amusing to watch the low IQ doctrinaire conservative morons screaming the Trump must obey the law while the rats obey no law and make shit up.
The war has started. There are no laws in war.
“This cannot end well.”
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It wont. I am so sad to come to the realization after reading these comments that there is now “conservative socialism.” Oxymoron.
If you oppose these EO measures you are told you don’t care about people who are suffering. Seems I’ve heard that a lot over the years from democrats.
Sad.
POTUS is acting like a CEO now.
These actions are supported by the precedent set by Obama and upheld by the Supreme Court.
I did not agree with this practice during Obama, but I agree that President Trump needs to use every legal tool available to him given the stakes of this election.
Alls fair in war...Do what you gotta Trump.....
We've had plenty of those too. We call them sleeper cells. The KGB had been using them for decades. Nothing new about that.
I don't set much score about longevity. Just what people post and ideological bent.
No. Congress couldn't get it done. Fine. Go out and campaign against them. Try to get enough decent Congress Critters elected to do the right thing.
That is ongoing too. We haven't stopped campaign for the 2020 elections since the 2018 elections.
I don't want a President writing tax law by fiat. Call me crazy.
No new tax laws have been written.
The President has used his emergency powers to suspend some payroll taxes till the end if the year. Ultimately it will be up to the SCOTUS to decide if it's constitutional or not, not you.
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