• john@lemmy.haley.ioOP
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      4 months ago

      So true. We’ve been on a tax-cut & deregulate spiral for 40+ years and it feels like we’re left with a government that can’t accomplish anything anymore.

      I’m hopeful with Harris but my god do we have to hold her feet to the fire.

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        My man, if Obama or Biden had free reign, we’d be living in a very different world right now. The feet you need to hold to the fire are in Congress

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          Congress. The place where they’ll take even more money out of the abysmally underfunded education, nutrition and child care programs, and send them to a single overbudget gross expenditure in who-the-fuck-knows.

          But right now it’s the god damn useless House. Before it was McConnell’s Senate treachery. The legislative branch would work wonders if both houses were blue.

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    Man, did they really need a study for this?? Seems pretty obvious but I guess not.

    Let’s see, what are points of stress? Costs of living, raising children, time…

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      During COVID, I had multiple people shrug off how hard everything was with kids and disregard parents struggles. That’s a cultural thing which is what studies like this are addressing and trying to help build momentum to change.

      It’s easier to build that momentum with data instead of just vibes because even though this is self-evident to both of us, we’re not the hearts and minds that require changing.

      It’s similar to how young and single people will be expected to work longer hours because “they don’t have to go home” as if that means that they don’t need time off as well.

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    I feel like the real issue is the american paid leave time. I have no time to do anything but work. I try and get EVERYTHING ELSE done on the two days off a week. Which makes having a kid even more stressful because I have no time with them.

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    4 months ago

    … My FIL just asked me if this is actually true.

    Yes, FIL. I wanted to ask him how much he even helps, because sitting on his phone in my living room watching sports commentary videos every week isn’t contributing positively to my kids’ lives.