Thread by @JuddLegum

1. Rubio is teaming up with Ivanka to advance a "paid family leave" proposal.

Trump even gave it a shout out at the SOTU.

Sounds great, right?

Actually it's a cynical ploy to cut Social Security

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2. In general PAID family leave means a mother or a father gets paid -- either by their employer or by the government -- while they take time off to care for their child.

Rubio's plan does NEITHER

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3. Instead, Rubio is proposing that mothers (and possibly fathers) pay for THEIR OWN LEAVE by cutting their Social Security benefits goo.gl/WsLxKa

4. Here's how it works: If you want to take time off to take care of your kid, you agree to delay your retirement by the same amount of time. So if you take 10 weeks off, you agree to get your Social Security benefits 10 weeks later goo.gl/WsLxKa

5. Since everyone is going to die at a certain date, delaying your Social Security benefits is a cut. You will receive them for a shorter amount of time.

This is also a stealthy way for people to change the way people think about Social Security goo.gl/WsLxKa

6. Once you think about Social Security as less a guaranteed benefit and more of something you borrow against, the easier it is to privatize it goo.gl/WsLxKa