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Being a Mom (or Dad) means
being practical about planning a future for your children and
yourselves. This survey shows women want more security and
more choice about the future they work for.
Forget The Flowers. Fix The Fairness.
Here's what mothers REALLY want for Mother's Day
DALLAS, May 1
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Terry Neese, a Distinguished
Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, says there
are much better gifts that mothers want for Mother's Day than
the typical flowers or candy. Here are Terry's top ten ideas
that can really make a woman happy:
1. Portable health and retirement benefits... so
that mothers aren't penalized when they switch jobs.
 2.
A level playing field under tax law... so that stay-at-home moms
who save for retirement, purchase health insurance, long-term
insurance,day care, etc., receive just as much tax relief as
people who obtain these benefits at work.
3. New rules regarding employer-provided
benefits... so mothers can freely choose between taxable wages
and non-taxed benefits, selecting the combination that best
meets their family's needs.
4. Time... so mothers can work 80 hours over a
two-week period in any combination (by changing the 1938 Federal
Labor Standards Act).
5. Better treatment under Social Security... so
shared earnings between spouses could easily be applied to a new
system of personal retirement accounts (where payroll tax
contributions are divided like community property).
 6.
A new approach to the taxation of Social Security benefits (for
grandma)... so marginal tax rates are not raised and there is no
earnings penalty for seniors who work.
7. The ability to protect assets by buying
long-term care insurance... so Medicaid can be utilized only for
catastrophic costs.
8. Personal employment accounts... so moms have
more control and ownership, while having unemployment
protection. Personal employment accounts could be used during
periods of unemployment and any unused funds could add to
retirement incomes.
9. A fairer tax system for two-earner couples...
so both spouses are able to file completely separate tax returns
without penalty. Mothers and grandmothers also want to bury the
estate tax for life.
10. Compensatory time off... so it's easier for
workers to choose alternatives to the traditional 40-hour work
week. Adding flexibility to labor laws especially helps parents
with young children and caregivers with elderly parents.
Source: National Center for Policy Analysis
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