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Ivanka Trump calling lawmakers, urging action on childcare policy
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 12/15/16 | Anna Giaritelli

Posted on 12/16/2016 11:36:33 AM PST by ColdOne

President-elect Trump's daughter, Ivanka, is lobbying Congress ahead of her father's inauguration next month to start working on reforms to childcare policies — an issue she championed while on the campaign trail.

The 35-year-old mother of three and business owner has been calling House and Senate lawmakers encouraging them to get moving on legislation, the CEO of Main Street Republican Partnership told IJR on Thursday.

"She's calling some to talk about the child care provisions," Sarah Chamberlain said. "It's gonna be a big issue for her ... I think she's hoping to [play a large role in the administration]."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2manytaxes2manylaws; taxedenoughalready
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To: proust

I did not vote for her either. I am getting a bad feeling about Daddy’s little girl, his one and only daughter. “Daddy will you meet with Al Gore. Please, please, please.” “Yes princess, I only want you to be happy.”


21 posted on 12/16/2016 12:00:24 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: usafa92

” That said, Ivanka is starting to become really irritating.”


Whew ! I thought it was just me.

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22 posted on 12/16/2016 12:01:47 PM PST by Mears
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To: ColdOne
Where in the Constitution is the Congress authorized to meddle in matters regarding "child care"?
23 posted on 12/16/2016 12:03:08 PM PST by NorthMountain (Drain the swamp.)
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To: forgotten man

“I am getting a bad feeling about Daddy’s little girl, his one and only daughter.”

He has another daughter.

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24 posted on 12/16/2016 12:04:30 PM PST by Mears
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To: pstwwl

But that wasn’t part of her idea.

Ivanka is way too liberal and has too much influence on her daddy.


25 posted on 12/16/2016 12:05:19 PM PST by altura
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To: usafa92

Correct


26 posted on 12/16/2016 12:07:04 PM PST by SMARTY ("What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self. "M. Stirner)
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To: Alberta's Child
I don’t know who “they” is, but the Federal government should have no role in that whatsoever. If a state wants to require occupational licensing, then so be it.

Violations of free market capitalism are bad regardless of whether the policies are imposed at the federal level or the state or local level. It would be perfectly constitutional for the Feds to incentivize states to ease up on licensing requirements by making such changes conditional on continued federal funding.

27 posted on 12/16/2016 12:07:51 PM PST by pstwwl
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To: usafa92

“That said, Ivanka is starting to become really irritating.”

Bingo! She is a flaming liberal!


28 posted on 12/16/2016 12:10:05 PM PST by Beagle8U (Long live Yoga Pants!)
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To: forgotten man

then picks Pruitt for EPA.

I think I am going to keep my tagline for a very long time!


29 posted on 12/16/2016 12:12:14 PM PST by ari-freedom (Chicken Little Concerned for Trump people are almost as annoying as NeverTrumpers!)
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To: ColdOne

Count me in the “Irritated” Camp. I took umbrage at this issue and Ivanka herself the first time she touted this - geeze, right before or after Donald getting the nomination.

Get the economy going again so one parent or the other can stay home and raise their kids, not make childcare more affordable so more kids can be raised in kennels.


30 posted on 12/16/2016 12:12:53 PM PST by CaptainPhilFan
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To: pstwwl
Baloney. The Tenth Amendment gives states authority in all matters outside the powers specifically given to the Federal government under the Constitution. Whether occupational licensing is "good" or "bad" is not necessarily a matter of free market capitalism. If it was as clear an issue as you make it sound, then we'd see huge disparities in economic measures between states that require occupational licensing and those that do not.

If you live in a state where you think occupational licensing is a bad thing, then either work to change the law in your own state or move somewhere else.

31 posted on 12/16/2016 12:13:17 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: ColdOne

Don’t have a problem with the idea of helping family through savings accounts sheltered from taxes for childcare,

They should start by reviewing all the programs in place now, Then come up with a plan that is family friendly but not entitlements. End most if not all current programs and put new program in place.

The devil will be in the details.


32 posted on 12/16/2016 12:13:19 PM PST by georgiarat (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize - Volttaire)
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To: ColdOne

Shutup and go bake some cookies.


33 posted on 12/16/2016 12:16:14 PM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: lodi90

Good grief. why not 12 weeks off after giving birth or 24 or 90. Or a thousand.


34 posted on 12/16/2016 12:17:24 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only good griefpper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: BenLurkin

Bingo. I hate to see her soil herself like this, but she’s determined.

Alas, she’ll destroy the image she worked so hard to embellish.


35 posted on 12/16/2016 12:19:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: pstwwl
P.S. -- I work in a profession (engineering) where occupational licensing is required in every U.S. state for projects involving public use. There's no way in hell anyone should consider eliminating these requirements.

Interestingly, there is no such thing as a Federal professional engineering license. This is now the focus of an interesting legal dispute related to the Gold King Mine spill in Colorado in 2015. A Congressman filed a formal complaint against the EPA with the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies because the mine reclamation project wasn't being supervised by a professional engineer licensed in the state of Colorado. It will be fascinating to see how this all plays out.

36 posted on 12/16/2016 12:20:27 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Yo, bartender -- Jobu needs a refill!")
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To: Alberta's Child
The Tenth Amendment gives states authority in all matters outside the powers specifically given to the Federal government

You are right that the federal government isn't supposed to pass laws that override state laws, but they get around this all the time by attaching strings to federal funds. That's how we get bad policies like Common Core, Michelle Obama's school lunches, and Title IX kangaroo rape courts on college campuses. Yes ideally, we'd have completely free markets at the state level and limited interference by the Feds, but at this point I'll take any win for freedom I can get.

This article illustrates some of the costs on licensing in just one state, Nevada.

37 posted on 12/16/2016 12:23:48 PM PST by pstwwl
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To: ColdOne

Ho Hum Yawn

I prefer her fathers policy of creating good jobs so 1 parent can stay home and raise their own kids over more tax credits so Moms can drop off the kids on the way to their part time jobs at Piggly Wiggly

A concept alien in her social milieu


38 posted on 12/16/2016 12:25:14 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: lodi90

Yeah, it’s like she’s channeling Chelsea Clinton. She may end up being the pebble in the shoe. An Ivanka shoe, or course.
I appreciate that she probably got him some votes, but that’s it.


39 posted on 12/16/2016 12:27:15 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: CaptainPhilFan

Agree. It is not up to the govt. to micro-manage lives which have all sorts of different needs. One family maybe needs to have two incomes just to get by and would love a deduction, but another family may also need two incomes, but somehow scrapes by so that the kids can be raised by a parent, so they are dinged twice, once by missing out on the second income and again by not getting the tax credit. A third family may decide to delay having kids until they can afford to take care of them, etc. Nobody deserves more than anyone else just because they chose to have kids. If you can’t afford to manage the finances around raising children, do not have them. The public already pays a lot for schools, playgrounds, etc. People with two parents working also take special days off work for school conferences and so on. It seems they expect those without children to give and give without sharing the benefits. If Ivanka wants to help people with child care costs she can use her money and set up a foundation or something, partner with Bill Gates or let Al Gore pitch in.


40 posted on 12/16/2016 12:28:34 PM PST by Anima Mundi
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