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Checked by PolitiFact24 Aug 2020United StatesEconomy and jobs
Eugene DePasquale, Auditor General of Pennsylvania and Democratic congressional candidate

“Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars ...and potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: It's possible that workers would need to repay the money, and Trump's comments, while incomplete, opened the door to terminating the payroll tax entirely.