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.
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.