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   From: flashback@trump.com   
      
   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Sunday blasted President Donald   
   Trump's Executive Order that would provide a payroll tax cut for those   
   making $100,000 or less.   
      
   "While it has the illusion of saying we're going to have a moratorium on   
   evictions, it says, 'I'm gonna ask the folks in charge to study if that's   
   feasible.' While he says he's going to do the payroll tax, what he's doing   
   is undermining Social Security and Medicare, so these are illusions,"   
   Pelosi told Fox News' Chris Wallace. "These are illusions."   
      
   It seems as though Pelosi forgot what she said in 2012 on PBS about this   
   very issue.   
      
   "[Payroll tax cuts] are necessary because our economy and our people need   
   this boost. For individual families, 160 million American families, this   
   will be a boost. From a macroeconomic standpoint, the demand is injected   
   into the economy, will spend this money, will be a job creator" the then-   
   Democratic Minority Leader said with a smile.   
      
   According to Pelosi, the payroll tax cut plan is an "immediate job   
   booster" because people are more likely to spend money in the economy,   
   which creates jobs.   
      
   And it wasn't just this interview Pelosi did on the payroll tax cut   
   extension. She also released a statement applauding the bill's passage:   
      
   “Today is a victory for all Americans - for the security of our middle   
   class, for the health of our seniors, and for economic growth and job   
   creation. The American people spoke out clearly and, thanks to President   
   Obama's leadership, 160 million Americans will continue to receive their   
   payroll tax cut - nearly $40 per paycheck in the pockets of the average   
   family. I salute the work of the unified House Democratic caucus on behalf   
   of the American people.   
      
   “We still have work to do to ensure this extension lasts throughout 2012.   
   Today, I have appointed conferees who will begin work immediately on a   
   bipartisan bill that will create jobs, grow our economy, and strengthen   
   our middle class.”   
      
   Isn't it amazing that Pelosi favored a payroll tax cut when the 2008   
   recession hit – under President Barack Obama – but opposes it now that   
   President Trump is in office?   
      
   The truth is this: the American economy was booming before the Wuhan   
   coronavirus pandemic. We had record-low unemployment. Americans were   
   feeling a robust economy that worked for them and what happened? The   
   government asked Americans to stay home and stop working to help slow the   
   spread of the virus. As a result, we ended up with a massive unemployment   
   rate, the worst since the Great Depression. And it happened practically   
   overnight.   
      
   Instead of wanting to see Americans prosper, Pelosi would rather play   
   politics. Instead of working with the White House, she'd rather point   
   fingers and see the American people suffer.   
      
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