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This isn’t the first time that Trump proposed an idea that experts argued jeopardized Social Security and Medicare’s finances. He did the same in the summer of 2020 with a payroll tax cut meant to provide another batch of relief during the pre-vaccine era of the pandemic. The Biden campaign cut an attack ad assailing the proposal as a cut to Social Security, though fact-checkers at the time said it was “oversimplified.” It’s possible the Harris campaign replays the 2020 Biden playbook. THE VIEW FROM A TRUMP ADVISER Stephen Moore, an economic advisor to Trump, told Semafor the former president’s proposal was “ingenious.” “Getting older people to stay in the workforce longer is a high national priority,” Moore said. “I’m sure Trump will roll out more in the weeks ahead. Dems are mad they didn’t think of this.”