Newark Star-Ledger: Murphy plea for federal aid blocked by McConnell as some in GOP don’t want to help blue states

Trump has championed a payroll tax cut, which would not help those currently without jobs under the pandemic-induced recession nor assist states in balancing their budgets. Almost two-thirds of the benefits of a payroll tax cut, 64%, would go to the richest 20% of Americans, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a progressive research group. Read more