(CNN) In a letter to The Wall Street Journal this week, Ivanka Trump gave a robust defense of the Trump administration's proposed paid family leave program. Ms. Trump indignantly denied that paid leave was an "entitlement," a word that has become an epithet in American politics. Stephanie CoontzBut whether consciously or not, Ms. Trump's defense represents a stinging rebuke to the combination of lofty rhetoric and callous policies emanating from the new administration and Congress. Of course, however Ms. Trump frames it, paid leave would indeed be an entitlement -- and an investment. A new mother or father is entitled to paid leave; the child is entitled to bond with its parents.

Source: CNN July 07, 2017 22:44 UTC