How would you do that? And what about divorced mothers?
As for the complaints people are having over the nature of this tax break— not being available to people making 250k or more: I can’t fathom a single reason why Trump should make himself vulnerable to attacks of “another tax break for the rich!” just to make ideologues feel better about tax fairness.
As a tax deduction it will not help the average working family at all because with current deductions and credits a very large percentage already pay no taxes. So what does another deduction do for them?
On a political level, the fact it is for the middle and worker class is just a brilliant move. It wins these people over, pulls the rug from beneath the Democrats, and attracts women.
Not when they realize it doesn't help them at all.
We have bigger priorities to fight right now, and this plan helps solve real problems Americans are having.
Not really, no.
That's factored in. Read the plan linked to the header.