Posted on 07/07/2017 9:20:27 AM PDT by ColdOne
First daughter Ivanka Trump penned an op-ed Tuesday, making her case why paid family leave is an important policy that benefits American women as well as the economy.
"Providing a national guaranteed paid-leave program — with a reasonable time limit and benefit cap — isn’t an entitlement, it’s an investment in America’s working families,” Trump wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
ADVERTISEMENT She laid out the benefits from such a program, saying it will lead to "Healthier children and parents in more tightly bonded families, greater financial stability and stronger attachment to the labor force are among the most important.”
But she argued that such programs are not reaching "the poorest, most vulnerable workers in our society ..."
Ivanka Trump, who serves as a senior adviser to President Trump, said her father's 2018 budget proposal highlights the importance of such a policy.
“The policy outlined in the administration’s recent budget proposal emphasizes the need for mothers and fathers to have access to paid leave to encourage both parents to share parenting responsibilities and to strive toward minimizing hiring biases,” she writes.
The president's budget proposal includes six weeks of paid leave for families after the birth or adoption of a child.
Ivanka Trump goes on to say “government benefits should not be a substitute for private-sector investment,” arguing that paid leave on a national scale requires participation and efforts from “private sector companies and state governments.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Yeah, Ivanka; no doubt Federal Government Program No. 204631194 will take care of your problem. Courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, as always.
Now, go back to NYC and bounce around more ideas at high society cocktail parties.
Make it 3 months.
Substitute "health care" for "family leave" and you have another government mandate along the lines of Obamacare. And we all saw how well that turned out.
If not, then she needs to STFU.
Who asked her? So much for “I don’t get into politics”.
Go home, Ivanka. Just go home.
Amy Carter redux.
Passing this would guarantee not hiring anyone that is of the age of having children, giving birth or otherwise.
So does the U.S.
The federal government has no constitutional authority to involve itself in this question.
“cents”, not sense...!
You'll never be welcomed back to the Manhattan socialite scene no matter how hard you try to be a limousine liberal.
You are forever a Trump. Be proud! Own it!
Limit Ivanka’s exposure to photos only. No need to hear the liberal pap she promotes.
I love rich people. They assume everyone else is rich too.
No! President Trump: `Take your daughter to work’ day is over. It’s one day.
For something like this to turn into a popular private trend is one thing. Mandating from government is at best a very distant second, very easily abusable. And yet something may have to let some air into a workaday mania that might even be counterproductive.
That is hysterical & I will steal it & use it as my own.
Also, anyone who does not think this op-ed reflects Trump's thinking on the matter is 100% fooling themselves.
I prefer photos of Tiffany myself ...
Hey ditz, show me where in the Constitution the power to enact such ObamaCare programs is given to the Federal Government.
But she argued that such programs are not reaching "the poorest, most vulnerable workers in our society ..."
Kids flipping burgers don't need family leave, they need to leave the family basement first.
“The policy outlined in the administration’s recent budget proposal emphasizes the need for mothers and fathers to have access to paid leave to encourage both parents to share parenting responsibilities and to strive toward minimizing hiring biases,” she writes.
Almost all employers offer some form of family leave, it just isn't paid. Why should other workers foot the bill for someone else's kids? You want kids? Save some money FIRST.
As hard as it is going to be for him, Trump needs to dump his daughter and son-in-law from involvement in running the country, they are a liability in many ways.
First line supervisors know that paid family leave is a LOUSY idea.
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