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| Donald J. Trump plans to unveil a menu of proposals on Tuesday to ease the burden on working parents, calling for six weeks of mandatory paid maternity leave and expanded tax credits to help pay for child care. | Donald J. Trump plans to unveil a menu of proposals on Tuesday to ease the burden on working parents, calling for six weeks of mandatory paid maternity leave and expanded tax credits to help pay for child care. |
| The proposals, which Mr. Trump is planning to outline in the politically critical Philadelphia suburbs along with his daughter Ivanka, represent a fresh attempt to court female voters whose support has eluded him throughout the campaign. | The proposals, which Mr. Trump is planning to outline in the politically critical Philadelphia suburbs along with his daughter Ivanka, represent a fresh attempt to court female voters whose support has eluded him throughout the campaign. |
| Mr. Trump first proposed the child care tax credit several weeks ago, but he has broadened the plan to help working parents after the initial proposal faced criticism that it would primarily help high earners rather than women and families on the lower end of the economic spectrum. | Mr. Trump first proposed the child care tax credit several weeks ago, but he has broadened the plan to help working parents after the initial proposal faced criticism that it would primarily help high earners rather than women and families on the lower end of the economic spectrum. |
| The new recommendations contain a number of uncertainties, most notably how Mr. Trump will pay for them. The candidate’s aides said that his goals would be achieved through a change in the tax code to help pay for child care, to be detailed in another speech at another time. | The new recommendations contain a number of uncertainties, most notably how Mr. Trump will pay for them. The candidate’s aides said that his goals would be achieved through a change in the tax code to help pay for child care, to be detailed in another speech at another time. |
| The signature element of the plan, six weeks of paid maternity leave for new mothers whose employers do not currently provide coverage, would be financed through eliminating fraud in unemployment insurance. Mr. Trump’s aides trumpeted the proposal as unprecedented for a G.O.P. presidential nominee; many Republicans oppose requiring paid maternity leave as an onerous new regulation on businesses. | The signature element of the plan, six weeks of paid maternity leave for new mothers whose employers do not currently provide coverage, would be financed through eliminating fraud in unemployment insurance. Mr. Trump’s aides trumpeted the proposal as unprecedented for a G.O.P. presidential nominee; many Republicans oppose requiring paid maternity leave as an onerous new regulation on businesses. |
| The campaign is issuing the plan as it is facing complaints from social conservatives who have historically frowned on giving incentives to mothers to work outside the home. The campaign plans to address that concern by offering stay-at-home mothers a new incentive in the tax code. | The campaign is issuing the plan as it is facing complaints from social conservatives who have historically frowned on giving incentives to mothers to work outside the home. The campaign plans to address that concern by offering stay-at-home mothers a new incentive in the tax code. |
| Ivanka Trump, a mother of three who has developed her own licensing and branding company, pushed her father toward the plan. | Ivanka Trump, a mother of three who has developed her own licensing and branding company, pushed her father toward the plan. |
| The plan was met with criticism by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and skepticism by some child care advocacy groups. | The plan was met with criticism by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and skepticism by some child care advocacy groups. |
| “After spending his entire career — and this entire campaign — demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released a regressive and insufficient ‘maternity leave’ policy that is out-of-touch, half-baked and ignores the way Americans live and work today,” Maya Harris, Mrs. Clinton’s senior policy adviser, said in a statement. | “After spending his entire career — and this entire campaign — demeaning women and dismissing the need to support working families, Donald Trump released a regressive and insufficient ‘maternity leave’ policy that is out-of-touch, half-baked and ignores the way Americans live and work today,” Maya Harris, Mrs. Clinton’s senior policy adviser, said in a statement. |
| Mrs. Clinton’s plan, issued months ago, guarantees up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for a newborn or a sick relative, financed by an increase in taxes on the wealthiest Americans. | Mrs. Clinton’s plan, issued months ago, guarantees up to 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave for a newborn or a sick relative, financed by an increase in taxes on the wealthiest Americans. |
| The main thrust of Mr. Trump’s plan involves a reordering of the tax code so that working parents can take an income tax deduction for up to four children and elderly dependents. The deduction is available for individuals earning up to $250,000, or $500,000 for a married couple filing jointly. | |
| There will also be child care spending rebates for as much as $1,200 per year for families on the lower end of the income scale, an amount that some critics called inadequate given that the cost of child care in some states is $10,000 to $20,000 a year. | There will also be child care spending rebates for as much as $1,200 per year for families on the lower end of the income scale, an amount that some critics called inadequate given that the cost of child care in some states is $10,000 to $20,000 a year. |
| Another proposal aimed at lower-income parents is a Dependent Care Savings account, a version of a flexible spending account usually offered by employers. In this case, such accounts would be universally available, and the funds would then be available for after-school or traditional child-care, with a government match of $500 a year. | Another proposal aimed at lower-income parents is a Dependent Care Savings account, a version of a flexible spending account usually offered by employers. In this case, such accounts would be universally available, and the funds would then be available for after-school or traditional child-care, with a government match of $500 a year. |
| Vivien Labaton, the co-director of the nonpartisan group Make It Work, called Mr. Trump’s plans “woefully inadequate.” She said that the earned-income tax credit component meant that families in need would have to wait to get relief just once a year, and that the $1,200 rebate was a “drop in the bucket” for low-income families who were facing child care costs of more than $10,000 a year. | Vivien Labaton, the co-director of the nonpartisan group Make It Work, called Mr. Trump’s plans “woefully inadequate.” She said that the earned-income tax credit component meant that families in need would have to wait to get relief just once a year, and that the $1,200 rebate was a “drop in the bucket” for low-income families who were facing child care costs of more than $10,000 a year. |