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Roberts: Trump goes all Ivanka, reaching out to working moms

Trump’s updated plan would allow families to deduct child care expenses, up to the average cost of child-care in their states, from their income taxes.

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During a rally in Des Moines on Tuesday afternoon, Trump credited Ivanka Trump for his action on the issue. “[Ivanka] is the one who has been pushing for it so hard: ‘Daddy, Daddy we have to do this, ‘” Donald said in Iowa on September 13.

“His “maternity leave” plan is demeaning and damaging as it’s only available to women, not sufficient to provide support to working families and paid for by raiding unemployment insurance“, Clinton senior policy advisor Maya Harris told The Hill.

12 weeks paid leave.

Trump’s plan is to let parents deduct child-care expenses from their income tax, according to a policy memo obtained by The Washington Post.

Donald Trump’s child care plan, unveiled yesterday, is being widely portrayed as pandering to women in swing states and a deviation from conservative princples.

– Create a childcare tax deduction covering up to four children per family, from birth to age 13, for individuals earning $250,000 or less, or $500,000 or less if filing jointly.

Trump also would create new Dependent Care Savings Accounts to allow families to set aside money “to foster their children’s development and offset elder care for their parents or adult dependents”, the campaign said.

Advocates for paid family leave have welcomed all discussion of the issue by candidates. The program would involve federal subsidies for low-income families and tax breaks for middle-income parents.

He told the crowd the money put into these accounts can be spent on child care, but also on child-enrichment activities.

While Trump spent the majority of his time on stage laying out his policy specifics, he also took a chance to swipe at Hillary Clinton. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that 39 percent of civilian workers now have access to flexible spending accounts for dependent care, which allow child care to be paid for with pretax dollars. Paid for by increasing taxes on wealthy Americans. Democratic presidential candidates have won Pennsylvania since 1992, but Trump hopes to flip to win the White House in November.

“We need working mothers to be fairly compensated for their work and have access to affordable, quality child care for their kids”. She would increase taxes on the wealthiest taxpayers to cover the costs of the program.

After his economic speech last month, Trump was criticized for a plan that didn’t do anything for those who don’t earn enough to pay federal income taxes. “In terms of his maternity leave plans, his proposal is not just regressive and insufficient, it is demeaning … to working women”.

“As an employer, mother and woman who works both inside and outside of the home, these are topics that I consider of critical importance”, Ivanka Trump said during an 8-minute introduction of the Republican presidential nominee.

“It’s a much larger benefit for those toward the top, including families in the top bracket, than for working families”, he said.

Affordable early childhood care has ballooned as a campaign issue recently as it’s become more and more expensive.

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But, for poorer families struggling to pay for child care each week, and waiting to get a tax refund once a year is impractical, according to Linden..

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally Thursday in Greensboro N.C