Trump’s Child Care Proposal Is Bad And Unfunded
The list of problems with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s latest child care proposal is long. It caters to the rich, does little to help working families, does nothing to help the poorest parents, and includes an ill-conceived maternity leave scheme that actually hurts women who work outside the home.
If the basic test of a child care proposal is whether it makes quality care more affordable for the majority of America’s struggling families and pays providers what they’re worth, Trump’s plan fails. However, his plan does show that Trump is unfamiliar with the realities of work and life in this century, and totally out-of-touch with the daily challenges most Americans face balancing the demands of making a living and raising a family.
Trump also fails to fund his proposal, except the maternity leave scheme, which he pays for by an unworkable and reckless raid of unemployment insurance. At the same time, Trump’s other proposals would give massive tax breaks to the very wealthy, blowing a huge hole in the budget while doing nothing to help families who most need relief.
One way we could fairly fund quality, affordable child care and pre-K for every child in our country would be to require America’s tax-dodging corporations, the ones that take advantage of outrageous rules that allow them to “offshore” their profits, to finally pay their fair share of taxes.
