Reality Check: Parental leave and childcare
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump is defying GOP tradition by proposing a new entitlement: paid leave for the mothers of newly born children. Clinton wants new fathers on the government payroll, too. Either plan would help the US catch up to the rest of the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Josh Barrow. |
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| 0:39.7 | Reality check, family leave and child care. |
| 0:46.1 | Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:48.8 | The U.S. is one of the only countries on Earth without some nationwide form of paid leave for the parents of newly born children. |
| 0:56.0 | Donald Trump would go where other Republicans have refused to tread by offering paid leave for mothers. |
| 1:01.0 | Hillary Clinton would pay fathers, too. They're also offering child care in plans detailed enough on both sides |
| 1:08.0 | to provide a rare chance for meaningful comparisons. |
| 1:11.5 | Does Trump favor the middle and upper class? Would Clinton's plan be too expensive? |
| 1:16.5 | We'll hear some contrasting answers to those and other questions. On our talking point |
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