Hillary Clinton’s plan highlights 12 weeks of paid family or medical leave for new parents, while Donald Trump says only paid maternity leave will be covered for six weeks.
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“Trump’s campaign is trying to attract vital support in pivotal suburban Philadelphia, a key to winning the eastern battleground state”.
He also called for guaranteeing six weeks’ maternity leave by extending unemployment insurance benefits to working mothers whose employers do not offer paid maternity leave.
“Where does that leave gay fathers?” A second proposal would increase the amount parents are allowed to deduct toward the cost of childcare from their income taxes.
The average cost of daycare in the U.S. is $11,666, according to the National Association of Child Resource and Referral Agencies, though the cost varies widely by state.
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton’s doctor says she is recovering from her pneumonia and remains “healthy and fit to serve as President of the United States”. More than 40 percent of US taxpayers don’t make enough money to owe taxes to the federal government, meaning they would not benefit from a deduction. Individuals earning more than $250,000, however, wouldn’t be eligible for this tax deduction. Married couples that bring in $499,999 a year will have their child care expenses reduced by 39.6 percent. Then, when she was asked how male same-sex couples would benefit from Trump’s policy, which is written around the health of mothers recovering from childbirth, Ivanka referred the interviewer to the plan, which does not mention male same-sex couples at all.
The account, which would accumulate and collect pre-tax, could be used on expenses like child care, after school programs, private school tuition and care of an elderly parent.
Low-income families that qualify, and save at least $1,000 annually, would receive an additional $500 from the federal government.
Trump also suggested Dependent Care Savings Accounts for tax-free and tax-deductible contributions that would accumulate over the years. He has previously touted similar programs at his hotels and golf clubs – but The Associated Press has reported that those options are offered to guests and club members, not employees.
The campaign said the rest of the proposals would be paid for through the economic benefits of Trump’s overall tax plan.
Clinton’s plan for decreasing the cost of child care for families includes “fighting for every family” to have access to the care they need.
Not being a candidate herself, and being interviewed by a women’s mag that predominantly writes about fashion and celebrity news, Trump may have thought she’d be given a comfortable platform to talk about maternity leave and perhaps how her father’s policy broke with Republican orthodoxy.
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That’s untrue. On Clinton’s campaign website, the presidential nominee spells out her own maternity and medical leave policies in a three-page document. Democratic presidential candidates have won Pennsylvania since 1992, but Trump hopes to flip to win the White House in November.
