The Republican plan for family leave would destroy your Social Security benefits

[ashling]

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-family-leave-20180423-story.html

The idea of government-sponsored paid family leave is gaining popularity at the state level and in Washington, where Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ivanka Trump are "strategizing" to bring more Republicans into the fold. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are said to be interested.

It's a good idea that would finally bring the United States into line with every other high-income nation on Earth, as a recent analysis by the Urban Institute points out. But the Urban Institute also observes that the Rubio-Trump idea for financing the program through Social Security is a terrible idea. It would not only undermine Social Security's fiscal condition, but change the very nature of Social Security in ways that will harm the millions of Americans who depend on it for their retirement.

Given that Republicans have had the knives out for Social Security since its inception in 1935, that outcome may even be deliberate. We'll take the charitable view of the Rubio-Trump idea, and assume that undermining Social Security would be an unintended consequence of their idea. But if they're blind to the consequence, it may only be because Republicans as a party wouldn't really care if Social Security as we know it disappeared.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Terrible people

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. Were these people born, or are they the Spawn of Satan?

Or did they just crawl out from a giant pile of cow dung? They certainly aren't humans -- there's absolutely zero compassion for anyone who is not exactly like they are. What did the Chad Mitchell Trio sing in "John Birch Society"? Oh, yes, this: "All that's left is thee and we / and I'm not sure of thee."

Yes, that's a young, unknown artist named John Denver in the middle. He replaced Chad Mitchell in 1965.

[asiliveandbreathe]

2. FMLA funded through SS..really??? - and since when did lil trump get elected???

Let's take a look at another Bill from not so long ago....March 2017

http://www.nationalpartnership.org/research-library/work-family/coalition/family-act-faq.pdf

...snip....

Under the FAMILY Act, employees and employers would contribute a small amount from each paycheck to an insurance fund. A new Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave would be created to administer the fund and make benefit determinations and distributions. Contributions would cover both benefits and administrative costs.

[Sherman A1]

3. They can Damn Well leave

Social Security Alone.

[Ohiogal]

4. Republicans are such clueless imbeciles!

[Scurrilous]

6. K&R