I'm not a fan of Executive Orders, but....

[chadbag]

Its a deferment only, absent an actual law passed by Congress instructing the IRS to not collect these taxes, they will come due at the end of the year. Probably in a lump sum for most folks.

Except the IRS is part of the Department of the Treasury, which is an Executive department, so the President can just "order" them to not collect it.

From a political maneuvering perspective this seems brilliant.

From a Constitutional Republic perspective, not so much. But since that died a long time ago, I guess you need to play on the same field as the enemy. You can't keep insisting on playing on a field no one else is playing on...

Sad state of affairs in the big picture, all around.

[yoni]

I am against Executive Orders for 90% of all issues.

Having said that I think this was a brilliant political move on Trumps part.

[ColtSeavers]

[Artos]

I am against Executive Orders for 90% of all issues.

Having said that I think this was a brilliant political move on Trumps part.

This is where I'm at & will be interesting to see what happens after this supposed meeting w/ nancy & chuck...best part of that briefing was exposing all the nonsense the 3 trillion dem version had & the chuckles from his golf buddies.

[Averageman]

I am against Executive Orders for 90% of all issues.

Having said that I think this was a brilliant political move on Trumps part.

Likely worth another five percentage points in the polls.
He let the trap Chuck and Nancy set, trap Chuck and Nancy. Now they have to go along or be seen as the folks who took your money away.

[Sam]

Yeah, about that part......it sure as hell ain't gonna look good when umpteen millions of people (myself included) suddenly get whacked with a huge back-tax. Screw that shit. Can I opt out?

Open a new account and put that money in it for when it's time to pay it back.

[AndyLate]

Yeah, about that part......it sure as hell ain't gonna look good when umpteen millions of people (myself included) suddenly get whacked with a huge back-tax. Screw that shit. Can I opt out?

Yeah, Prolapsi and Suremore successfully convinced half the public that a reduced refund meant the govt was keeping more of their tax money because "who cares about an extra $50 per paycheck in your pocket, what about that missing $600 at the end of the year?"

[Averageman]

http://https://www.redstate.com/mike...ews-interview/

Nancy's reply;
“These policy announcements provide little real help to families. For instance, not only does the President’s announcement not actually extend the eviction moratorium, it provides no assistance to help pay the rent, which will only leave desperate families to watch their debt pile higher.

“Instead of passing a bill, now President Trump is cutting families’ unemployment benefits and pushing states further into budget crises, forcing them to make devastating cuts to life-or-death services.

“Furthermore, these announcements do nothing to increase testing, nothing to reopen schools, nothing to put food on the table for hungry families, nothing to prevent heroes being laid off across state and local government, nothing to protect the Postal Service or the integrity of our elections, nothing on many critical needs of the American people.
“Democrats repeat our call to Republicans to return to the table, meet us halfway and work together to deliver immediate relief to the American people. Lives are being lost, and time is of the essence.”

The Ball is in their court, but they are damned if they do anything to stop this from moving forward.

[Diamondback]

http://https://www.redstate.com/mike...ews-interview/

Nancy's reply;
“These policy announcements provide little real help to families.

Same Pelosi who dismissed the previous tax-cuts as crumbs because they weren't enough to buy one of her $20k icecream freezers...

[Averageman]

Same Pelosi who dismissed the previous tax-cuts as crumbs because they weren't enough to buy one of her $20k icecream freezers...

I don't know if Nancy ever had to pinch a penny, but with an attitude like that, I doubt it.
I'm thinking $400 would buy a lot of rice, beans and .99 cent a pound chicken thighs for a family and because we don't all live like the Queen Nancy, we do know how to make things stretch a bit further.
I see both sides of the "Free Shi+ for Everyone", but there are folks out there who are having a really tough time because of all of the Covid 19 becoming a political football.