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Trump Says White House Considering Cutting Payroll Tax, Rejects Recession Fears

Trump Says White House Considering Cutting Payroll Tax, Rejects Recession Fears
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as President of Romania Klaus Iohannis listens in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Aug. 20, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images
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President Donald Trump said on Aug. 20 that the White House has long-considered cutting payroll tax and rejected warnings about a looming recession.

“Payroll tax is something that we think about and a lot of people would like to see that and that very much affects the ... the workers of our country,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office while in a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis.