No, Social Security should not pay for maternity leave

Published February 7, 2018 6:34pm ET



Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and presidential adviser Ivanka Trump are reportedly collaborating on a paid leave plan. Though no official policy has been rolled out, Rubio supports a so-called “conservative” version of paid family leave: giving new parents the option to delay their Social Security payments and draw benefits while at home with a newborn.

But this plan is not conservative at all. Instead, it expands an overburdened entitlement program that desperately needs to be reformed.

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