In a sense, Trump is right. Taxing Social Security benefits is taxing the same income twice. But eliminating the tax means Social Security will collapse even sooner. There's no good way out, and the Demopublicans are firmly opposed to preventing the collapse. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-warned-cynical-social-security-tax-plan-1939015
#Trump #SocialSecurity #taxes
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