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Niagara

(10,804 posts)
26. Absolutely 💯 correct
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:36 AM
Jul 2024

Also, many of us women do have children.



In my lifetime, not one "leader" in the repub party has ever introduced or passed any legislation to help working families that do have children with health insurance, childcare cost or childcare options (childcare within the job programs). I'm most likely forgetting other critical help that they haven't helped with.


In the United States of America, when a mother starts maternity leave that has a full time job, the general options are:
1. Take 6 weeks off with pay
2. Take 12 weeks off without pay


It's been 23 years since I had a baby, so unless maternity leave has changed, I don't know about it.


23 years ago, we paid $70 to $100 a week for childcare cost. We had to pay for a week of childcare service even if we took an entire week off for vacation. The cost of childcare for today's working families isn't feasible at all.



And now the repub party wants to shame other women for not having children? The hypocrisy is certainly lost on them.

Just my 2 cents.

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Women who have no children... [View all] True Dough Jul 2024 OP
Should men with no children be assumed to be dysfunctional? This BS is so damned disgusting... hlthe2b Jul 2024 #1
Are there no dog or cat men in the #USA?? .. riversedge Jul 2024 #7
ewe bet poozwah Jul 2024 #37
I prefer spending time with all my lovely money. meadowlander Jul 2024 #2
When they start going after men who have no children, mucholderthandirt Jul 2024 #3
Photographs? Danmel Jul 2024 #5
Children wildflowergardener Jul 2024 #4
Excellent point! True Dough Jul 2024 #16
The sexism and racism has only just begun moniss Jul 2024 #6
I've been thinking deeply about that troubling statement by Vance bucolic_frolic Jul 2024 #8
Look for his love children under the sofa cushions....... lastlib Jul 2024 #9
Probably all over the sofa cushions. Dem2theMax Jul 2024 #18
That simple malaise Jul 2024 #10
A woman on LinkedIn made the same type of idiotic comment JanMichael Jul 2024 #11
Well then, I guess people with no kids should be exempt from school taxes, too. tanyev Jul 2024 #17
I second that Ferryboat Jul 2024 #35
Hate it Jimbo S Jul 2024 #36
What are the reasons for a married man to pay a porn star for sex JI7 Jul 2024 #12
The point, the blank, and the period. eom Sunsky Jul 2024 #13
The mike drop for this is TheDemsshouldhireme Jul 2024 #14
if there's big money involved, Tetrachloride Jul 2024 #15
My wife and I discuss having children all the time. When you're married, it should be joint decision. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #19
Kamala Harris does have children - stepchildren Emrys Jul 2024 #20
As long as the never-right says, "adoption, not abortion", Harris is a Saint sanatanadharma Jul 2024 #21
I wanted to have children but couldn't MustLoveBeagles Jul 2024 #22
THIS is what pisses me off kwolf68 Jul 2024 #25
I think I know where those people are coming from. llmart Jul 2024 #23
You know, if you don't want kids, that's cool Bettie Jul 2024 #24
Absolutely 💯 correct Niagara Jul 2024 #26
Daycare for a 6 month old is now 260/week! nt ecstatic Jul 2024 #29
That's definitely not feasible for working families Niagara Jul 2024 #30
Rec'd! True Dough Jul 2024 #33
Exactly, True! Niagara Jul 2024 #34
A big one for me is that people without kids know nothing about raising them. I was a kid, I had parents and brewens Jul 2024 #27
Someone on Twitter pointed out a third reason ecstatic Jul 2024 #28
There has not been a single President JustAnotherGen Jul 2024 #31
Much like the abortion "debate." Nobody's business but hers... Wounded Bear Jul 2024 #32
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