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meadowlander

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15. So why not just create better paying childcare jobs that are actual jobs for people that want them?

Reply to DanieRains (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 18, 2022, 05:44 AM

Mar 2022

How does forcing mothers on assistance to take care of five other kids all day work for women who are on assistance because of substance abuse, mental health issues, intellectual disabilities or other complex social problems?

Having one kid doesn't really qualify someone to be a childcare worker and women who want better paying work or something better aligned to their interests and talents wouldn't be able to job search or go to interviews because they would be chasing rug rats all day.

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Sen. Ron Johnson suggests mothers on public assistance should staff child care centers [View all] milestogo Mar 2022 OP

Johnson should be concerned about child care centers... dchill Mar 2022 #1

He's a Putin lover milestogo Mar 2022 #2

Well, I did say "should." dchill Mar 2022 #3

From Vanity Fair... milestogo Mar 2022 #4

Sen Ron Johnson should be staffing a mental health center in any town in Wisconsin... Enter stage left Mar 2022 #5

They do this in Holland, and probably other countries. secondwind Mar 2022 #6

Good idea. Nt childfreebychoice Mar 2022 #8

I Have Said The Exact Same Thing Paying People To Stay Home When There Is A Need For Childcare DanieRains Mar 2022 #7

Mothers Can Work Get Paid To Work Watch Their Kids And Other's Kids DanieRains Mar 2022 #9

Wow! Talk about stereotyping. peacefreak2.0 Mar 2022 #10

and the fathers? eShirl Mar 2022 #11

Notice the poster isn't answering that obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #19

Why did you answer yourself? obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #20

Lolz obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #12

So why not just create better paying childcare jobs that are actual jobs for people that want them? meadowlander Mar 2022 #15

It already costs more than private college to have a child in day care dsc Mar 2022 #16

Anyone considered snowybirdie Mar 2022 #13

Similar idea to proposal Rudy Giuliani made as NYC Mayor. no_hypocrisy Mar 2022 #14

Some pieces of this idea are good. Others, not so much. I think of a better solution. Samrob Mar 2022 #17

Dumbest -- and one of the most misogynist -- ideas ever obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #18

This is almost a good idea TheFarseer Mar 2022 #21

Instead, have the fathers of those babies staff the child care centers. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #22

Those mothers are already doing important work gratuitous Mar 2022 #23