Hillary Clinton Speaks Cents
Hillary Clinton may be closing out her campaign - who knows really - but at least she speaks sense, or as I like to say “cents”.
In a talk directed to female voters Senator Clinton, her daughter Chelsea and her mother, Dorothy Rodham, discussed ideas for helping working families. Mrs. Clinton suggested an experiment between the federal and state governments to fund paid family leave, arguing that most people can’t afford to take the unpaid leave allowed under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.
Her proposal calls for a $3,000 tax credit to an individual with substantial long-term care needs or their caregivers, a tax credit to cover 75 percent of long-term care insurance premiums and expansion of the Family and Medical Leave Act to cover employers with 25 or more workers. She also called for seven guaranteed sick days for full-time workers.
Her proposal is critical to families everywhere who are now facing and who will face the daunting task of caring for their family members.
For years there has been lobbying to make long term care insurance premiums tax deductible or at the very minimum provide some kind of tax incentive.
While I may be a voice in the wilderness I want to say “Thanks Hillary”. As a side-note and postscript I’ve yet to hear any of the male candidates talk about long term care. Could it be that since most of the caregivers are women that men don’t fully appreciate the consequences?
