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The Left's Lies About U.S. Poverty Exposed
Investors Business Daily ^ | September 13, 2016 | TERRY JONES

Posted on 09/14/2016 2:52:33 AM PDT by expat_panama

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To: expat_panama

Dinesh D’Souza tells of the Indian who wanted to immigrate to the US. D’Souza asked him why he wanted to go. The reply: “I want to go to a country where the poor people are fat.”


21 posted on 09/14/2016 8:35:58 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)
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To: expat_panama

The UN will never be happy. people are starving, people are too fat.


22 posted on 09/14/2016 9:06:48 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Waiting for inspirations)
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To: maddog55
End 90% of social programs

This seems to say that it's not going to happen any time soon:

FACT SHEET: DONALD J. TRUMP’S NEW CHILD CARE PLAN

Today Donald J. Trump Will Unveil An Innovative Plan To Bring Federal Policies In Line With The Needs Of Today’s Working Parents

NEW YORK, NY – Today Mr. Trump will proposes an innovative plan to bring federal tax policies in line with the needs of today's families. His plan is not for the wealthy, but rather provides the biggest benefit to working- and middle-class families. This plan is needed because child care expenses are one of the largest expenses in many families, complicating a family's decision on how to care for young children. The Trump reforms will allow a family to make the choice of whether a parent should work outside the home or not without bias from the tax code. Having employed and empowered thousands of women at every level throughout his entire career, Donald Trump understands the needs of the modern workforce.

Proposals Contained In Mr. Trump Child Care Plan

PROPOSAL: The Trump plan will rewrite the tax code to allow working parents to deduct from their income taxes child care expenses for up to four children and elderly dependents.

  • The deduction is available for taxpayers who take the standard deduction as well as itemize deductions, and will be capped at the average cost of care for the state of residence. Individuals earning more than $250,000 (or $500,000 if filing jointly) will not be eligible for the deduction. For a family earning $70,000 per year in the 12 percent tax bracket with $7,000 in child care expenses, the deduction would reduce taxes by $840 per year.
  • The plan will offer child care spending rebates to lower-income taxpayers through the existing Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This could mean almost $1,200 per year per eligible family.
  • Mr. Trump's plan will ensure stay-at-home parents will receive the same tax deduction as working parents, offering compensation for the job they're already doing, and allowing them to choose the child care scenario that's in their best interest.

PROPOSAL: The Trump plan would create new Dependent Care Savings Accounts (DCSAs) so that families can set aside extra money to foster their children's development and offset elder care for their parents or adult dependents. These new accounts are available to everyone, and allow both tax-deductible contributions and tax-free appreciation year-to-year-unlike current law Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), which are available only if it is offered by an employer and does not allow balances to accumulate.

  • When established for a minor, funds from a DCSA can be applied to traditional child care, after-school enrichment programs and school tuition-contributing to school choice. To help lower-income parents, the government will match half of the first $1,000 deposited per year.
  • When established for an elderly dependent, a DCSA can cover a variety of services, including in-home nursing and long-term care.

PROPOSAL: Mr. Trump's plan will provide regulatory reform to promote new family-based and community-based solutions, and also add incentives for employers to provide child care at the workplace. The ability to set aside funds will be particularly helpful to women, low-income workers and minorities, who are statistically more likely to reduce time working outside the home in order to provide unpaid care.

PROPOSAL: The Trump plan will guarantee six weeks of paid maternity leave by amending the existing unemployment insurance (UI) that companies are required to carry. The benefit would apply only when employers don't offer paid maternity leave, and would be paid for by offsetting reductions in the program so that taxes are not raised. This enhancement will triple the average paid leave received by new mothers.


 


23 posted on 09/14/2016 11:06:33 AM PDT by expat_panama
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To: expat_panama

For later...


24 posted on 09/14/2016 11:26:26 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: expat_panama

Be much simpler if today’s working parents waited to have kids when they could afford them.


25 posted on 09/14/2016 4:49:59 PM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

Crazy as this sounds, take a page from Cuba: offer increased benefits to people who turn in fraudsters. The ghetto neighborhood attitude of “don’t snitch” will EVAPORATE once they realize that if they can catch their neighbor cheating they could get enough SNAP benefits to legitimately eat steak every other night.

Oh yes, and re-legalize corporal punishment for nonviolent minor crimes...including welfare fraud. Jail time does nothing but move them from one government-sponsored location to another, doesn’t really scare them (our jails are hotels by world standards) and does squat-all to deter them from.


26 posted on 09/26/2016 2:54:41 PM PDT by Laser_Ray
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