The reviews are in: Trump’s child care plan benefits wealthy, hurts middle-class families
The reviews are in: Trumps child care plan benefits wealthy, hurts middle-class families
We can only assume the Trump campaign hoped last nights child care plan rollout would be a promising turning point for Donald Trump. Instead, Trump rolled out a Mad Men-era proposal that would leave out men and adoptive families, hurt working mothers and benefit the rich.
The reviews are in, and theyre not good:
MSNBC: Donald Trumps child-care plan is hard to take seriously
The proposal would exclude many families who need help the most; the Trump campaigns numbers dont come close to adding up; and for much of the country, the size of the candidates recommended tax credit would fall far short.
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NPR: Trump Campaign Sketches Out Family Care Plans; Questions Linger Over Funding
That could come at a whopping cost. There are some 124 million households in the U.S., about 43 percent of which with children. Thats more than 50 million households. If all of those families put in $1,000 per year, it would cost the government $25 billion annually. Even if half of all families contributed to it, thats still a big price tag, and the Trump campaign outlines no way to pay for it. Not to mention that that kind of benefit doesnt help the families who cant afford to put that much in per year.
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