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Donald Trump to Unveil Plan to Ease Burden on Working Parents
New York Times ^ | September 13, 2016 | MAGGIE HABERMAN and NICK CORASANITI

Posted on 09/13/2016 1:53:50 PM PDT by reaganaut1

Donald J. Trump plans to unveil a menu of proposals on Tuesday to ease the burden on working parents, calling for six weeks of mandatory paid maternity leave and expanded tax credits to help pay for child care.

The proposals, which Mr. Trump is planning to outline in the politically critical Philadelphia suburbs along with his daughter Ivanka, represent a fresh attempt to court female voters whose support has eluded him throughout the campaign.

Mr. Trump first proposed the child care tax credit several weeks ago, but he has broadened the plan to help working parents after the initial proposal faced criticism that it would primarily help high earners rather than women and families on the lower end of the economic spectrum.

The new recommendations contain a number of uncertainties, most notably how Mr. Trump will pay for them. The candidate’s aides said that his goals would be achieved through a change in the tax code to help pay for child care, to be detailed in another speech at another time.

The signature element of the plan, six weeks of paid maternity leave for new mothers whose employers do not currently provide coverage, would be financed through eliminating fraud in unemployment insurance. Mr. Trump’s aides trumpeted the proposal as unprecedented for a G.O.P. presidential nominee; many Republicans oppose requiring paid maternity leave as an onerous new regulation on businesses.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: hsmomx3

I think I am neautral on this plan so if it gets votes fine. Funny how the NYT never asks about the cost od Democratic plans.


21 posted on 09/13/2016 3:12:37 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: PGR88
Because American women demand to be taken care of by Fed.gov?

Yes. Yes they do.

22 posted on 09/13/2016 3:13:20 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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To: reaganaut1

Ya know those Democrat promises that are made every election cycle to appease some voting block or another that never get fulfilled because of the evil Republicans?

This is one of those, in reverse.


23 posted on 09/13/2016 3:24:23 PM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Sam Gamgee

I know of many who struggle with daycare costs because it can easily run $400/week. On the other hand, some say, don’t work but if you have to or are a single parent, what choice does one have?


24 posted on 09/13/2016 3:27:26 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (AZ for Trump!!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Trump has his base locked up and now he’s draining away Hillary leftist base.

He's trying to buy Hillary's base. It's that cost which bothers me.

25 posted on 09/13/2016 3:31:05 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: reaganaut1

Its times like this when being a nationalist is good.

Our birthrate sucks. Middle class women aren’t having kids and in the long run that’s suicide for our nation. So while I would prefer the ideal of everyone paying their own tab, I’m not going to see that ideal short of heaven. I’d rather see us pay for this than more weapons for the saudis or obamaphones.


26 posted on 09/13/2016 3:44:46 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Make phone calls. Knock on doors. Write letters. Or wake to a nightmare in November)
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To: reaganaut1

I could really get behind this if it had welfare reforms that put recipients to work and not suck from the teat of the treasury.


27 posted on 09/13/2016 3:47:46 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: hsmomx3

What I’ve also read includes “Dependent Care Savings Accounts” along with changes to employment insurance rules.


28 posted on 09/13/2016 3:56:44 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: PGR88

Married women vote Republican as a whole. It is the SINGLE women who keep these creeps in power. That is the only major segment of the whole population which does not support Donald.


29 posted on 09/13/2016 4:08:39 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Nationalist, Patriot, Trumpman)
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To: Red Steel

I don’t have a problem with savings accounts but when you need that money each week, how can you save if you are barely squeaking by?


30 posted on 09/13/2016 4:09:12 PM PDT by hsmomx3 (Deplorable for Trump/Pence)
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To: eyeamok

Agreed, No tax credits for anything. What happened to his tax plan where you mail a post card in that says “I won”.

No forms please, no privacy violations of where I send kids too and how much I pay, confirmed by the daycare with their special EIN.


31 posted on 09/13/2016 4:18:18 PM PDT by CJ Wolf
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To: reaganaut1

Bidding War?


32 posted on 09/13/2016 4:27:08 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (This posting is a microaggression.)
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To: reaganaut1

Reduce their tax burden and eliminate the marriage penalty.


33 posted on 09/13/2016 4:28:01 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Additionally, I don’t know if this is local to my area or common nationwide but when my daughter with a good career gave birth she was required to return to work within 2 weeks to keep her job even tho there is a regulation that child care centers can’t care for infants younger than 6 weeks. Fortunately I was blessed to be able to travel and keep the baby in the interim. My son in law is military so daddy staying with the precious was not possible. Also, they need mama’s income as military pay leaves something to be desired when raising a family.


34 posted on 09/13/2016 4:29:08 PM PDT by Wneighbor (I'm deplorable.)
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To: hsmomx3

I think this one could apply well to married moms as well. Not as a campaign tactic but definitely a help to young families. As i replied in a previous post, my daughter upon giving birth needed to return to work within 2 weeks but child care regulation prohibit infants younger than 6 weeks in daycare. I normally balk at funding for frivolous benefits but as a conservative i see this helping young families.


35 posted on 09/13/2016 4:37:11 PM PDT by Wneighbor (I'm deplorable.)
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To: hsmomx3

I think this one could apply well to married moms as well. Not as a campaign tactic but definitely a help to young families. As i replied in a previous post, my daughter upon giving birth needed to return to work within 2 weeks but child care regulation prohibit infants younger than 6 weeks in daycare. I normally balk at funding for frivolous benefits but as a conservative i see this helping young families.


36 posted on 09/13/2016 4:37:12 PM PDT by Wneighbor (I'm deplorable.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“Quit hyperventilating FReepers. Trump has his base locked up and now he’s draining away Hillary leftist base.”

So is he lying about wanting this program just to get votes? When he gets elected will he ditch this plan or will he implement it? What other programs is he lying about just to get votes? How does this make him any different from any other politician?


37 posted on 09/13/2016 4:39:01 PM PDT by WatchOutForSnakes
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To: PGR88

I will say that I don’t agree with the federal government being involved in any of this. We as a nation knee working intelligent people breed however we can make that happen we have to make that happen. The federal government fees for welfare rats to stay home and breed pays for immigrants to stay home and breed the pace for everyone to stay home and read except the people we need. It should not be based on income, race sex sexual orientation or anything other than does the person have a job and are paying payroll tax in the government audit give them a break with their own dollars, not magic dollars that they never paid (EITC)to have children.

In my opinion the federal government should reduce their taxes and let the state start increasing their taxes to cover Medicaid welfare education ... And probably this topic also. Until then it’s in our national security to breed good intelligent hard working educated citizens. Having said that the federal government will screw it up.


38 posted on 09/13/2016 4:59:12 PM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: hsmomx3

I don’t want to pay Social Security or Medicare but I don’t get an option because it’s been deemed in the Publix best interest.


39 posted on 09/13/2016 5:00:44 PM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: reaganaut1

No, no, no. If I wanted more big gov’t solutions I would’ve voted for Jeb.


40 posted on 09/13/2016 5:44:36 PM PDT by Twotone (Truth is hate to those who hate truth.)
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