Burman weighs in on Trump's payroll tax cut proposal in CNBC article

May 5, 2020

CNBC

Leonard Burman

Public Administration & International Affairs Department

Center for Policy Research

Economic Policy

Income

United States

CNBC

Leonard Burman

It's a "terrible idea," says Professor Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics. "The main problem with the proposal is that it would go to the people who least need help," he says. "It seems like you’re deliberately targeting it to people who are in the best situation … the ones who are still working." Read more in the CNBC article "Trump is insisting on a payroll tax cut for workers. Why some experts say it’s a ‘terrible’ idea." 05/05/20