Trump signs executive order! More liberal heads explode!

The left is insane over Trump executive order!  

Trump’s Executive Order would include these four components: (1) a payroll tax holiday until the end of the year, (2) an extension of enhanced unemployment benefits until the end of the year, (3) an extension of the eviction moratorium for federal subsidized housing, and (4) a suspension of student loan payments until further notice. 

Questions surround the legality of accomplishing at least some of these things via executive order. Trump’s response to that might be, “so sue me.”

However, as a political matter, Trump’s move looks like a masterstroke. Since the days of FDR, the public has always seemed to approve of presidents who act to ameliorate suffering while Congress diddles. A flurry of activity, even of the futile or potentially counterproductive kind, makes a president look energetic and caring.

Let's start with the barrage of lies that have already started pouring in. In similar fashion to the infamous "drink bleach" fantasy, Democrats are already arguing in unison that the payroll tax holiday is actually a "permanent cut".  Just like the "drink bleach" fairy tale, there is literally nothing to the blatant lie that Trump is permanently cutting payroll taxes. But Democrats inherently understand that the facts don't matter. All that matters is what they say to the media and what their media lapdogs are willing to repeat. It makes you wonder if Democrats now believe that their followers are so stupid, that they will not fact check a word they say anymore.

Now granted, the executive order will get dragged into court the second court opens up on Monday morning, and by 8:01 EST there will likely be an injunction from some Obama judge to stop it. But I sort of have to agree that the move is politically smart for the President. Not only does it appear that he is attempting to help the general public, he is forcing liberal groups and potentially Democrats themselves to not only oppose helping Americans, but actually go to court to stop it.

The truth is that Democrats want three of the four items that the President is calling for. Moreover, the fourth item (the payroll tax holiday) is one that has been used in many situations in the past to mitigate rough economic times. It's a simple way to put money in the pocket of every American. Since the payroll taxes are capped at a rather small amount, it means that it is not a progressive tax cut that will help more with the rich than the poor.

It would be more than a fair trade off to get the rest of the liberal asks and everyone knows it. The only question is how well Democrats and their followers are able to sell the lie that it's somehow not fair.

Lastly... no, a five month holiday on payroll taxes will not bring down Social Security, which is in way deeper trouble than more revenue can fix. Social Security has a "spending problem" not a "revenue problem".