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RandySF

(58,470 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 12:37 AM Apr 2015

Republicans are dead wrong about what's putting the family at risk.

It's not movies or video games or someone's marriage. It's an economy that makes one have to choose between spending time with with their family or providing for it. And that choice is becoming more mutually exclusive every day.

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Republicans are dead wrong about what's putting the family at risk. (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2015 OP
K & R AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #1
This is so true Kalidurga Apr 2015 #2
well, that and 2naSalit Apr 2015 #3
KnR. nt tblue37 Apr 2015 #4
And not being able to drmeow Apr 2015 #5
k&r. or an economy that allows you to spend lots of time with your family -- at the homeless ND-Dem Apr 2015 #6
When they say "family," they mean THE FAMILY, as in this: blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #7
URL: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51j3rWAs8vL.jpg blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #8
Nothing new about that, they're wrong about everything. Warpy Apr 2015 #9

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
2. This is so true
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 12:40 AM
Apr 2015

I grew up with the idea of two income families. Both my grandparents on my mom's side worked. Both my mother and father worked. But, now three income families are becoming more and more common.

2naSalit

(86,323 posts)
3. well, that and
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 12:46 AM
Apr 2015

the religion stick which relies on fear and guilt to reinforce the agenda of the religion stick.

drmeow

(5,012 posts)
5. And not being able to
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:18 AM
Apr 2015

spend time with family and STILL not being able to provide for it above the poverty level.

 

ND-Dem

(4,571 posts)
6. k&r. or an economy that allows you to spend lots of time with your family -- at the homeless
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 02:36 AM
Apr 2015

shelter. or maybe in a tent in the woods. or your car.

or an economy that doesn't allow you to marry or have kids because only one person can survive on minimum wage, and the only kind of jobs you can get are jobs that pay minimum or a dollar or two more.

(Speaking of which, I recently saw a secretarial job that proposed to pay minimum wage, no benefits, for 80 wpm typing speed and knowledge of about 8 software programs, + a couple of years of experience.) and required a drug test.

Warpy

(111,138 posts)
9. Nothing new about that, they're wrong about everything.
Mon Apr 20, 2015, 03:35 PM
Apr 2015

All of their domestic policies and most of their foreign policy damage American families.

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