Let's take a look at the actual text of these executive orders.
Here's the heart of the one on evictions. As you can see, it doesn't create an eviction moratorium. It asks certain federal agencies to see if they can maybe do something on evictions.
Here's the heart of the one on evictions. As you can see, it doesn't create an eviction moratorium. It asks certain federal agencies to see if they can maybe do something on evictions.
Here's the payroll tax one. It's a deferral. That means either employers will continue to withhold your payroll taxes and you won't see any difference, or they won't withhold (unlikely), and you'll have it all withheld from your paycheck when the deferral expires at year-end.
Here is the key part of the unemployment insurance one.
*To be clear, the legal authority to do this is highly dubious.*
But, at best, it's a $300/week federal contribution redirecting money that, by my estimate, would cover about 4 weeks for the currently unemployed.
*To be clear, the legal authority to do this is highly dubious.*
But, at best, it's a $300/week federal contribution redirecting money that, by my estimate, would cover about 4 weeks for the currently unemployed.
On unemployment insurance, evictions, and on student loans, these orders and memoranda -- even if they are found legal -- provide far, far less relief than what Democrats provided in the HEROES Act that passed three months ago and has languished in the Senate ever since.
