Clinton’s caregiver tax break proposal addresses long-term care

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wants to implement a new tax break for those caring for elderly or disabled family members.

O’Malley was even more direct the Sanders, telling reporters after his speech that Clinton, because of her more hawkish foreign policy, had “one foot trapped in the Cold War” and “has never demonstrated a capacity to understand what comes after a regime is toppled”.

“People knew what they were doing back then, because of greed, and it caused me harm”, said Mr. Wittneben, the Democratic chairman in Emmet County, Iowa.

Clinton has previously announced a tax credit of $2,500 for an individual or $5,000 for a family to cover high healthcare costs and another credit that would cover some of the expense of attending college.

Clinton put forth her proposal at a meeting in Iowa on Sunday.

Clinton is working to build a broad coalition within her party now in a bid to avoid a damaging primary fight and enter the general election in November 2016 with a strong base of support.

Clinton has said Sanders’ approach would eliminate major pieces of the health care system, including private insurance, Medicaid, the Tricare system for veterans and other coverage.

Explaining the reasoning behind the proposal, Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Mrs. Clinton, said, “She has proposed both new spending and targeted tax cuts”.

In addition to the up to $6,000 tax credit, Clinton intends to launch a Care Workers Initiative to create a government-wide initiative to address challenges faced by care workers, to build on the Caregiver Respite program by investing $100 million in the initiative during the course of 10 years and expanding Social Security to include benefits to caregivers.

The proposal is part of a series of tax cuts that Clinton plans to roll out in the coming weeks.

“I think it’s a good idea”, Forrest said.

The bill would be paid for by an increase in the payroll tax estimated to cost the average worker about $72 a year – a provision that violates Clinton’s pledge not to raise taxes on the middle class. Republicans have accused her of minimizing the problems found inside the Veterans Affairs health care system.

“I like that she spoke about affordable education”, Laurie said.

Her main rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, has deep ties to the labor movement, but he has struggled to gain lasting traction against Clinton. “For a long time, watching the national news, I’m sure you thought you only had two choices”.