Reply #28: I Might Add..

[mntleo2]

Any plan (and that is what the Personal Responsibility Act is) that says raising the next generation is "doing nothing" IS a bad plan. People can raise children as a single parent. But if raising children is "doing nothing" while working a poorly paid minimum wage job making some rich man richer, is considered "contributing to society," THAT is a bad plan IMO.

If there was more support within communities and the work place for parenting and it was respected as a job within itself, we would lift a whole lot of people (children included) off of poverty. For instance, paid family leave makes a whole hell of a lot of difference in making sure a mother returns to work healthy and able to work.

Welfare at its height used 4% of our budget while the military used almost 50% of the budget. The military is taking even more now and social services is now down to less than 3% of the budget (and that includes childcare and medical coverage). By dehumanizing mothers, the conservative wing nuts picked on the ones who had the least ability to defend themselves. By demonizing motherhood (and fatherhood) single or not, this was despicable IMO.

This year Venezuela passed legislation that actually PAYS mothers to be moms. They give her a wage. They recognize that she is raising the ticket to their future and they honor that with pay.

Now THAT is s plan!

My 2 cents

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