Donald Trump is proposing to eliminate taxes on Social Security income, but Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew (2nd Dist.) isn’t waiting for Trump to be elected. On Aug. 28 he announced he had introduced a bill, H.R. 9359, The Social Security Tax Freedom Act, that would remove federal income taxes on Social Security payments, protect Social Security funding and provide much-needed relief to retirees.
“People who rely on Social Security have already more than contributed their fair share through years of payroll taxes…
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