The Hill: Conservatives Push Trump Tariff Relief over Payroll Tax Cuts

And conservatives aren’t the only critics of a potential payroll tax reduction.

Steve Wamhoff, director of federal tax policy at the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said there are more targeted ways to boost consumer spending among low- and middle-income people.

“It is inaccurate to think of a payroll tax cut as an entirely middle class tax cut,” he said. Read more

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