Sen. Mitt Romney is proposing a temporary pay bonus — up to $12 an hour — for front-line employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase would be paid, in part, by employers and offset via a payroll tax credit.Sen. Mitt Romney is proposing a temporary pay bonus — up to $12 an hour — for front-line employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase would be paid, in part, by employers and offset via a payroll tax credit.Sen.
Workers in industries designated by Congress and the Department of Labor as essential, including hospitals, grocery stores and health manufacturing, could qualify for the hazard pay, according to a"Health care professionals, grocery store workers, food processors, and many others — the unsung patriots on the frontline of this pandemic — every day risk their safety for the health and well-being of our country, and they deserve our unwavering support," Romney said in press release...
Wow & from a Republican
RodMT5Harrell Watch out for this SNAKE..... The REPUBLICANS WILL DO ANYTHING TO DESTROY SOCIAL SECURITY ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ DON'T LET THE REPUBLICANS DESTROY SOCIAL SECURITY ‼️ IT'S MY MONEY, IT'S YOUR MONEY ‼️‼️‼️‼️ IT'S NOT THE GOVERNMENT'S MONEY ‼️
Gdad1 Of all the many demagogues occupying the DC region, I despise this one the most. To think I voted for him almost makes me physically ill....
I expect senatemajldr will turn this down saying he doesn't need the money.
Kroger food chain upped the hourly employee pay by $2.00 They refer to it as “Hero Pay”.
janettwokay That’s one way for them to restart their discussion for a payroll tax.
This guy had no credibility🙉
At least he's trying but making the corps pay for it without a tax break would be best. They can stand to pay the employees their fortunes rest upon. GeneralStrike makethempay
hblodget Sounds like a scam to end social security
ksadjadpour Romney is desperately trying to 1) stay relevant, and 2) get attention away from Donald Trump. (He's now running as a Democrat, right? Does he believe in small govt, free enterprise, individual initiative?)
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Mitt, let’s go!!!!!!
TheNakedParty That would be great if employers weren’t already taking $$ away...
That’s because it’s not his money. It’s our money.
Haven’t heard much out this Mormon since his failed impeachment heroics. Was wondering when he’d crawl back out.
LeftIsBest
Wow! An unlikely hero for me personally, but MittRomney is the current star of the Republican Party! TY, Mitt! This is SO very needed! And please remember all the unemployed who are only getting unemployment and still have rent and business leases. They need help too!
This thing will be over before that gets settled. How about put all essential workers on Tricare health Insurance
Hypocrite
RevJJackson Payroll tax credit? So another attempt to gut Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid funding, essentially.
RevJJackson Meanwhile back at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave there is a syphillitic moron terrorizing our country. Mitt may or may not have cared about wages, but he sure as shit should be pushing for testing. Not just wages...testing too. Make the grocery store chain pay for the employee tests.
No to a payroll tax credit. Just deposit it like a stimulus check. Payroll tax credit is a sneaky way to to cut Voting Senior’s Social Security.
$15!!!
It won’t happen. Businesses like Greedy car dealerships expose employees to hazard conditions. Also the employees are commissioned or flat rate wage earners so it doesn’t cost the dealerships anything to have them at work with hopes that there will be work.
MittRomney Ah Mittens our least favorite DemocRAT in a Republican jacket. Dirt bag
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No one is listening to this asshat.
What about USPS workers?
Just pass UBI for everyone and hazard pay for essential workers on top of their UBI. Tax Bezos and the Walmart family to pay for it and a reasonable VAT tax on luxury goods.
So now there is bipartisan support around hazard pay. That’s good news, our frontline workers deserved this from the jump
nhannahjones thought I'd never see this coming out of the mouth of a republican.
MORMON MORON....
nhannahjones Not good enough Mitt.
Wow, Little Big Mittens has come a long way since saying he don't care about the lower 48% because he knew he wouldn't be getting their votes anyway. But beware: this payroll tax credit or their preferred payroll tax cut is probably another GOP trap.
God bless them. They deserve the high pay for the risk they are taking.
That Republican has a conscience. And balls. And his conscience has balls. And I bet his balls have conscience. If we ever made eye contact, I'd give him a solemn nod. romneysgotballs approved
Does this include hourly Truck drivers that deliver to Jails, Hospitals and Food processors ?
All workers are essential..
Now they are ALL 'friends of the people'. I wonder what happened to 'corporations are people'?
You know, I've never liked Romney's politics, but I'm not sure I ever questioned whether or not he tried to be a decent human being. I'm not sure if he actually is, running Bain Capital had to damage his soul some, but I think he tries.
I cannot argue. Hazard pay is fair in an emergency situation.
Amazing, he finally came up with an idea.
Get the ball rolling on UBI, mittens
Just what Doctors need A bonus check from unemployed people.
The other day it was announced 2,909 Americans died from this in a single day last week. We haven't seen so many Americans die in a single day like that since 9/11. People should be getting hazard pay. People should be staying home. We should not be reopening.
Let's do this. Covfefe19
Why should I pay for this inflationary practice?
They deserve every cent
Mitt Romney keeps proving he is the only man qualified to be president. Thanks for putting America workers first....This is so far the best bill proposed!
Extra pay for essential workers should have, Logical taken place 30 days ago.
Please do not use systems from incompetent states like Florida to manage the system. Also, make sure to never waste federal money on signed letters our grotesque embarrassment of an 'only I' reality show clown.
Who would oversee that these employers would indeed pay employees more? As we seen with the first PPP, large corporations got the loan that was designated for small businesses.
He’s reportedly worth up to $250,000,000. Time for him to start paying out of his own pocket.
Sure!!! Go ahead and kill all small business.....
What’s their usual $ wage?
A bit late but better than never
They should be thankful they are working. It’s a virus safe job. At least you won’t lose it. As a soldier I never got extra cash for going to two wars.... that’s frontline. In any job sometimes the going gets rough.
Bring back Romney
They just a $.70 per hour raise! Mitt are you hanging with Snoop Dogg?
Nice idea. But give them the cash directly.
Conservatives who are against this should have complained about the Iraq War and Afghan War spending.
How humble of him... oh wait... it's a government payroll tax credit. $100 says he wouldn't do it without the payroll tax credit 😉
It should be paid by the people out violating stay at home orders
Tell me again why people need to profit off of this pandemic?
Why are they at risk? If they are high risk they should not be working. Problems solved & no new government spending.
You mean the money would come from social security and Medicare....
Wow he’s going full socialist isn’t he?
I am 64 with heart and lung issues. I have been working throughout this crisis because my company produces PPE (masks face shields etc...) I worry everyday that not only I may be infected but that I would then infect my beautiful, sweet wife. Twelve an hour to risk your life?
Can we make it $15? It would be nice for “essential” workers some of whom are getting no PPE from their employers to be making a living wage.
This would be great.
Run Mitt Run!
Nooo then you can’t fund anything
Wow... Hope that didn't burn a hole in the federal government's pocket.... You signed away trillions for your fellow shady businessmen but lame 12 $ for ppl saving lives... Thank god I am not in the US
You should have kicked Trumps as*!
MittRomney If you would tax these companies correctly, you wouldn’t need to short payroll (ie Medicare) taxes in these situations.
Ding, ding, ding, ding Here's some money. Vote for me. You’d almost think he was a democrat.
In addition, why NOT make the minimum wage, $20/hr.
NPR fake journalists are among the least essential workers.
🇺🇸Mitt Romney for POTUS 2024
Shouldn’t we focus our finite resources on those who DON’T have jobs rather than those who DO?
Romney is a Democrat
Pompous always trying to grab a headline after the fact
I think Mitt oughtta pay it. He's very quick to spend other people's money.
thisiswhatleadershiplookslike TrumpLiesAmericansDie
Tax credits don't help now and undermine other services. Just do what Canada did and pay people now.
Just because he proposed it, not gonna happen. Dead on arrival at the T desk.
Please and thank you
Just say NO to any payroll tax credit. That's just a way to hurt Social Security. Cut folks a check.
Why temporary? Let's just pluck that money tree bald!
Don't forget to make that retroactive.
If the government can just make money out of thin air, then why do we have to pay taxes? This is a sarcastic question just in case someone doesn’t get it.
Mitt Romney is to the left of Pelosi.
If you pay workers instead if corporations, the US businesses will eventually get it AND help those who need it the most AND create a future tax base. It cyclical.
Considering that in many cases the unemployed are making more than them, I could get behind this. Although, one wonders if we should eliminate tax loopholes for companies that aren’t paying a living wage.
Determined to destroy social security. Stop with the payroll tax credit, it only helps the rich destroy social security.
Depends on the level of “essential.” For an MD, $12 is a little nickel-dime.
A little late in the game
Is he a democrat?
Workers who were declared essential by their companies and have to take on the risks don't qualify if they don't fit into those few categories?
I wish he would promote a Medicare plan for all essential workers!
Mitt can propose whatever he wants too. No Republican is going to support him but he'll gain admiration from Dems for making the offer.
Thanks SenatorRomney! This is a great idea that would help a lot of people.
Little late MittRomney - are you going to offer back pay?
Should be made retroactive
Mittens Robbed Me is a Deep State Puppet Goof with no political future and trying to Pull off a O'Barry move won't help his position in the least, National Pravda Radio
Bush, Romney. We disliked these guys just a few short years ago, but they now seem not so bad lol. We are clearly staring at the bottom of the swamp. Ugh!
It seems unanimous to assist the essential workers with some form of tax credit or bonus but at the same time we need to focus on unemployment the economy is severely damaged, I don't think you could give enough money to small businesses / unemployed.
I'm gonna say it straight-up: as an essential worker, I know this is pie-in-the-sky dreamin', but having this hazard pay for that time would turn my life around, full stop.
Cool, when? I’d really appreciate that extra!
Then they low paid employees won’t be able to afford the taxes when filing.
Idea of hazard pay for essential workers has been kicking around for a few weeks, main issue is how it's done. THIS apparently would take money from SocSec pot (which many of the 'payroll holidays' would, hence Dems resistance), which would be trouble (a GOP goal-they want to...
How much extra per hr on tik tok videos?
It's about DAMN time, a lot of those workers are being forced to work and risk their lives for 7dollars a hour.
baloney - IT SHOULD BE 100% funded by the corporations who have fat cat executives earning obscene salaries! why should taxpayers pay for a failed business model?
Already the black sheep, If he continues to care about the unfortunate poor like a true Christian, the GOP is going to kick him out.
Just send $600/wk extra to everyone. Simple. Was so stupid and incompetent to limit it to the recently unemployed.
Socialist!! (and I mean that in a good way) 😜
Why not. We don’t have the money but keep spending. Make it $50 more or maybe $100. We are holding IOUs for four generations now.
I'm not against this proposal, but as they say the devil is in the details.
Something tells me Dear Leader will say no just because he is petty and vindictive
Stop the INSANITY!
Nobody listens to him not even Candy Crowley
Romney's only proposing this because he's on the outs with his party and knows there's no way even Democrats would vote for it, but he can look like a good guy for the attempt.
An extra $12 an hour? Chump change when you are literally asking someone to risk their life. Not unless this comes with mandatory workplace protections, PPE and free testing for everyone.
Just pay the people directly. And don’t cut the payroll tax.
I’m good with that, but can we also increase the minimum wage permanently?
Go Mitt!💐
The math doesn’t add up to pay this so-called plan.
I was wondering when he was going to come out. Poor guy is the only Republican trying to hold onto his morals.
Mitt goes Commie. This is getting confusing.
I’d still like to point out that imminent danger pay for the military in deployed settings is $7.50 / day. I’m not saying proposes HazardPay too high, but something doesn’t add up. Don’t forget to SupportOurTroops while we SupportOurCrews MittRomney
LizSzabo Stop making me like you, MittRomney!
No fucking payroll tax. Protect Social Security.
Ah, yes, the deeply concerned vulture capitalist.
Look at Mitt goooooooooo👈🏾👈🏾👈🏾👈🏾👈🏾
you mean he's trying to kill Social Security and Medicaid?
Why not $15?
Hope they make it retroactive...
This is actually a payroll tax I could support.
Agree but it’s not more then our soldiers I’m good! And what I have seen it is higher sad !!!!!
I know that many people don't think about the amount of money. But we have already spent 6 trillion. Could we cut this debt back a little bit?
Shoot I work at home and I’m labelled “essential”, id take that 😂
Better idea than giving publicly traded companies millions
I guess we couldn’t afford those tax breaks for the rich after all.
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