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Miles Archer

(24,308 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 07:49 PM Feb 2017

Trump Child Care Plan: 70% of benefits to those making $100K+, 25% to those making $200K+ #MAGA!

Making child care more affordable is one of Trump's signature promises to voters. It's listed in his contract with the American voter. His daughter Ivanka Trump played a large role in crafting the plan, which includes three new tax benefits.

Just about everyone agrees that child care costs in America are astronomical. It now costs more to put a kid in child care than college (if you get in-state tuition).

But an analysis by the Tax Policy Center finds that Trump's proposal is a gift to the rich. The tax experts at TPC say 70% of the benefits will go to families that make $100,000 or more. And 25% will go to people earning $200,000 or more.

"Trump has identified a real challenge affecting working families, but his proposal would do little or nothing to help them," Elaine Maag, an expert at the Tax Policy Center, told CNNMoney.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/28/news/economy/donald-trump-child-care/index.html

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Trump Child Care Plan: 70% of benefits to those making $100K+, 25% to those making $200K+ #MAGA! (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2017 OP
LIke I sad, the GOP is going to take ALL of your money. ALL of it. Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #1
Yes, this is fucking distusturbing. Initech Feb 2017 #3
Making America's Wealthy Elite Great Again! Initech Feb 2017 #2
I pissed myself when Ivanka called this BS plan "revolutionary". Charles Bukowski Feb 2017 #4
He probably does not realize that there are actually people raising kids on less than logosoco Feb 2017 #5

logosoco

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5. He probably does not realize that there are actually people raising kids on less than
Tue Feb 28, 2017, 08:18 PM
Feb 2017

$100,000 a year. I know a lot of his supporters think everyone(except themselves, of course) is on welfare and food stamps and having babies to get a check.

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