The National Federation of Federal Employees has derided what it called the Trump Administration's "bewildering policy idea" of directing Federal agencies to no longer withhold payroll taxes for its employees, putting the burden on workers to pay their share of Social Security taxes for 2020 by next April.
President Trump had previously called for suspending payroll taxes that fund the Social Security program to help stimulate the economy, drawing sharp criticism from his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, who noted that Social Security experts have warned that this could lead the program to exhaust its funds by 2023.
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