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In reply to the discussion: I know what Trump was really talking about in his child care rant, and it's even scarier than you thought [View all]Squaredeal
(494 posts)10. This plan would hit the middle class the hardest.
Not the wealthy, who dont need SSI, or the poor, who often dont have jobs that dont pay enough to not stay at home.
Its really a disincentive for the middle class, the backbone of the nation, to have children.
Its asking these parents to give up their retirement for the sake of their children.
Gee, if my mom took advantage of this plan, considering how many children my parents had, she would have had to wait twenty years to collect her SSI, had she lived that long.
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I know what Trump was really talking about in his child care rant, and it's even scarier than you thought [View all]
Zorro
Sep 7
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As Hiltzik points out, it's the old GOP dream,going back to Reagan, of using SS as a piggy bank...
Hekate
Sep 7
#28
24 weeks PER CHILD. And gee, why don't they do this for extended illnesses, too...other sick leaves...?? Nt
lostnfound
Sep 7
#6
UFB. Conflcts with Vance's "that's what grandmas are for" plan?? And women's lives, already full of caretaking...
lostnfound
Sep 7
#5
And delaying the age for collecting SS is particularly hurtful to the aging workforce
erronis
Sep 7
#7
I don't think there was any deeper thought behind that incoherent rant. It was just ramble from a weak and damaged...
NNadir
Sep 7
#8
OK, I read it, but I still think it ascribes too much sanity to an empty headed confused senile old man.
NNadir
Sep 7
#34
It sounds like a plan to bankrupt Social Security before the next generation retires
FakeNoose
Sep 7
#11
I hope that Harris will be able to bring up this "tidbit" if given the chance during the debate
Squaredeal
Sep 7
#14
It is, and the idea (going back at least to Reagan) is to use SS as a piggy bank until it is gone
Hekate
Sep 7
#30
What I noticed was his tariff plan. He claimed we'll take in trillions of dollars from foreign governments.
surfered
Sep 7
#15
YES! Why isn't the media reporting this??? He clearly doesn't understand how tariffs work!
CaptainTruth
Sep 7
#25
Did Mexico pay for the Wall? I don't think so. He's not gonna tax other countries.
Walleye
Sep 7
#26
I'm always amazed at how much I learn spending time at DU. Thanks, Zorro. nt
Frank D. Lincoln
Sep 7
#27