Donald Trump’s latest policy proposals include allowing working parents to deduct child care expenses from their income taxes, creating dependent care savings accounts and ensuring six weeks of paid maternity leave.
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Trump unveiled his policy in the city of Philadelphia as he tries to build his appeal with more moderate, independent voters – especially women.
Speaking in Aston, Pennsylvania, which sits in the only reliable Republican county in suburban Philadelphia, the mother of three portrayed childcare as an issue that has traditionally been overlooked in policy discussions and said her father’s plan “recognizes and supports” mothers and women who’ve left work to care for elderly relatives.
Joined by daughter Ivanka in Pennsylvania, that’s just what Trump did when he rolled out what he calls his child care plan.
He criticized Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State and questioned the role of the Clinton Foundation during the same period; restated his desire to have strong immigration laws and enforcement; noted the next president’s role in selecting at least one and possibly multiple U.S. Supreme Court justices; and said he will renegotiate worldwide trade deals that he believes are bad for the U.S. economy.
The pitch also included a guarantee of six weeks of paid maternity leave by amending the existing unemployment insurance that companies are required to carry.
Clinton laid out a detailed child care plan last June and has called for 12 weeks of paid family leave.
“So total out-of-pocket child-care costs amounted to about $142 billion, which a Trump administration would either have to make up with higher taxes or add to the budget deficit”. Individuals earning more than $250,000 and joint filers earning more than $500,000 wouldn’t qualify, the campaign said.
By contributing to a “Dependent Care Savings Account,” families will be able to set aside money, up to $2,000 per year, for the care of children and elderly family members. She said Trump’s plan relies on incentives and is flexible.
Clinton, meanwhile, proposes that no family should spend more than 10 percent of its income on child care.
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“On average, households with a woman working outside her home and taking care of a child under 15 paid an average $127 a week on child care, according to a Census Bureau analysis of 2010 data”.
Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, offered a multi-pronged plan several months ago.
Although some conservatives may complain about elements of the plan like the paid-leave mandate, Mark Much, an attorney who attended Mr. Trump’s speech, said he believed the plan was both good policy and good politics.
Maya Harris, Clinton’s senior adviser for policy, asserted to The Washington Post that Trump’s proposal could actually hurt women’s cause by emphasizing only leave policies that benefit them. “Instead of asking those at the top to pay their fair share, he’s robbing Peter to pay Paul by raiding unemployment insurance funds, and giving the most to the wealthy while providing far less relief to middle-class and working families”.
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Trump also falsely claimed that Clinton did not have a childcare policy – and that if she did it would be “all talk no action”. While Donald Trump has rightly identified the need, his proposal for paid leave is limited and miscalculates what working families face when serious family and medical needs arise. “I think you know what I mean.I think you know what I’m talking about”.
