If Republicans Cared About Families, They’d Stop Blocking Paid Leave

[HappyJoy]

Republican "family values" don't exist, unless it involves protecting zygotes.
If Republicans Cared About Families, They’d Stop Blocking Paid Leave

Several participants at the Republican debate last week spoke fervently about putting Rosa Parks’ image on the $10 bill. They also spoke fervently in support of a decision by Congress to defund Planned Parenthood—an organization that counted Rosa Parks among the members of its national board.

The contradiction would have been obvious and painful to Ms. Parks. Like many of us, she’d have been bewildered by the priorities of candidates who have held vote after vote on shutting down vital health services for women, but won’t even schedule a hearing on the FAMILY Act, a bill to provide affordable family and medical leave. It’s impossible to care about families and leave communities bereft of services for contraception, mammograms and other cancer screenings, and dozens more critical health services for women. It’s also impossible to call yourself “pro-life” and oppose a badly-needed, common sense program to make family and medical leave affordable to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act passed Congress with bipartisan support. The FMLA provided up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for care of a new child or a serious personal illness or that of a child, spouse or parent. Republicans as well as Democrats saw that valuing family meant making sure people could care for family members without losing their jobs or health insurance. Many of the state and local campaigns within Family Values @ Work’s national network have leaders from both parties—including the numerous Republicans leading the charge for the Family Care Act in Georgia.

So what’s the problem in the nation’s capital today?

The FMLA is now 22 years old. While it constituted a major breakthrough and established the principle that having a family shouldn’t cost you your job, the leave remains out of reach for millions—some because they’re not covered by its protections (two-fifths of the nation’s workforce), and many who are eligible because they cannot afford to take unpaid leave. According to a study done for the Department of Labor (DOL), nearly one in four employed mothers who are pregnant go back to work within two weeks of giving birth—with disastrous results for maternal and infant health. Others who take the time they need to heal and bond with a child often face financial hardship.

Another fine example of commiecrats endless desire to give away other peoples money to buy votes for themselves.

Virtually every other country on earth guarantees paid leave, many workers lack it, it's common sense.

Virtually every other country on earth is a shit hole.
Let's thrive to be more like them

= irony.

 

[hortysir]

Let the Market Decide?

So Child Labour is OK.
Working in unsafe conditions, hey you signed a wavier
Hey if that woman wants to keep her job she better get on her knees, hey it is her free choice.

How about this? I will only hire Muslims, nothing official, just hate those Christians. If I do hire Christians they will be expected to go to prayers(Muslim ones)

I fire women who get pregnant, so if they get in the family way, better find a doctor quick to pull out that fucking parasite...

I mean how stupid are these guys...

It's always all or nothing with you fucking clowns.
Child labor has shit to do with the topic

 

[paulitician]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

 

[HappyJoy]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

That idea alone gets you 30% of the vote.

 

[hortysir]

Why do you require even more govern"mental" intervention.
Private industry is free to offer paid maternity leave anytime they feel like it. Some companies have already started the ball rolling.

Four words constantly need repeating for you thick-skulled dembulbs:

LET THE MARKET DECIDE

Why not let children work in factories, underpaid and over worked? Let the market decide, works for the third world.

That is exactly what the republican tea party wants...These bastards want to destroy all the protections and regulations that have built this nation over the last 150 years.

Evil is what they're. As simply they wouldn't care if this country looks like central America as long as the rich got theirs.

Where is there time for maternity leave????

There are 365 days this year.

There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work.

Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available.

You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break. That accounts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available.

With a one hour lunch period each day, you have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work.

You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days available for work.

We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days.

We generously give you 14 days vacation per year which leaves only one day available for work and I'll be damned if you're going to take that day off!

In other words for every second of your life you don't spend working you are an un-American communist mooching off the system. Man, the market has really fucked you in the ass and tickled your brain cells somethin' serious.

Not to mention the obvious math problems you introduce.

It's an old joke.
Lighten up

 

[paulitician]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

That idea alone gets you 30% of the vote.

Yeah, the angry greedy white guy thing just isn't something most Americans will support. Not sure why Republicans think they will.

 

[David_42]

Republican "family values" don't exist, unless it involves protecting zygotes.
If Republicans Cared About Families, They’d Stop Blocking Paid Leave

Several participants at the Republican debate last week spoke fervently about putting Rosa Parks’ image on the $10 bill. They also spoke fervently in support of a decision by Congress to defund Planned Parenthood—an organization that counted Rosa Parks among the members of its national board.

The contradiction would have been obvious and painful to Ms. Parks. Like many of us, she’d have been bewildered by the priorities of candidates who have held vote after vote on shutting down vital health services for women, but won’t even schedule a hearing on the FAMILY Act, a bill to provide affordable family and medical leave. It’s impossible to care about families and leave communities bereft of services for contraception, mammograms and other cancer screenings, and dozens more critical health services for women. It’s also impossible to call yourself “pro-life” and oppose a badly-needed, common sense program to make family and medical leave affordable to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act passed Congress with bipartisan support. The FMLA provided up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for care of a new child or a serious personal illness or that of a child, spouse or parent. Republicans as well as Democrats saw that valuing family meant making sure people could care for family members without losing their jobs or health insurance. Many of the state and local campaigns within Family Values @ Work’s national network have leaders from both parties—including the numerous Republicans leading the charge for the Family Care Act in Georgia.

So what’s the problem in the nation’s capital today?

The FMLA is now 22 years old. While it constituted a major breakthrough and established the principle that having a family shouldn’t cost you your job, the leave remains out of reach for millions—some because they’re not covered by its protections (two-fifths of the nation’s workforce), and many who are eligible because they cannot afford to take unpaid leave. According to a study done for the Department of Labor (DOL), nearly one in four employed mothers who are pregnant go back to work within two weeks of giving birth—with disastrous results for maternal and infant health. Others who take the time they need to heal and bond with a child often face financial hardship.

Another fine example of commiecrats endless desire to give away other peoples money to buy votes for themselves.

Virtually every other country on earth guarantees paid leave, many workers lack it, it's common sense.

Virtually every other country on earth is a shit hole.
Let's thrive to be more like them

 

[OKTexas]

Republican "family values" don't exist, unless it involves protecting zygotes.
If Republicans Cared About Families, They’d Stop Blocking Paid Leave

Several participants at the Republican debate last week spoke fervently about putting Rosa Parks’ image on the $10 bill. They also spoke fervently in support of a decision by Congress to defund Planned Parenthood—an organization that counted Rosa Parks among the members of its national board.

The contradiction would have been obvious and painful to Ms. Parks. Like many of us, she’d have been bewildered by the priorities of candidates who have held vote after vote on shutting down vital health services for women, but won’t even schedule a hearing on the FAMILY Act, a bill to provide affordable family and medical leave. It’s impossible to care about families and leave communities bereft of services for contraception, mammograms and other cancer screenings, and dozens more critical health services for women. It’s also impossible to call yourself “pro-life” and oppose a badly-needed, common sense program to make family and medical leave affordable to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act passed Congress with bipartisan support. The FMLA provided up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for care of a new child or a serious personal illness or that of a child, spouse or parent. Republicans as well as Democrats saw that valuing family meant making sure people could care for family members without losing their jobs or health insurance. Many of the state and local campaigns within Family Values @ Work’s national network have leaders from both parties—including the numerous Republicans leading the charge for the Family Care Act in Georgia.

So what’s the problem in the nation’s capital today?

The FMLA is now 22 years old. While it constituted a major breakthrough and established the principle that having a family shouldn’t cost you your job, the leave remains out of reach for millions—some because they’re not covered by its protections (two-fifths of the nation’s workforce), and many who are eligible because they cannot afford to take unpaid leave. According to a study done for the Department of Labor (DOL), nearly one in four employed mothers who are pregnant go back to work within two weeks of giving birth—with disastrous results for maternal and infant health. Others who take the time they need to heal and bond with a child often face financial hardship.

Another fine example of commiecrats endless desire to give away other peoples money to buy votes for themselves.

Virtually every other country on earth guarantees paid leave, many workers lack it, it's common sense.

Sure, it makes sense to people wanting to buy votes with other peoples money, you have no right to dictate the terms of a private companies employment contracts.

 

[HappyJoy]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

That idea alone gets you 30% of the vote.

Yeah, the angry greedy white guy thing just isn't something most Americans will support. Not sure why Republicans think they will.

Where does the money come from?

 

[ScienceRocks]

Let the Market Decide?

So Child Labour is OK.
Working in unsafe conditions, hey you signed a wavier
Hey if that woman wants to keep her job she better get on her knees, hey it is her free choice.

How about this? I will only hire Muslims, nothing official, just hate those Christians. If I do hire Christians they will be expected to go to prayers(Muslim ones)

I fire women who get pregnant, so if they get in the family way, better find a doctor quick to pull out that fucking parasite...

I mean how stupid are these guys...

They want to abolish government outside of the millitary. These people are bat shit insane and haters of civilization to the core.

We see how corporations treat people in other countries without regulations and it isn't good.

 

[HappyJoy]

Why do you require even more govern"mental" intervention.
Private industry is free to offer paid maternity leave anytime they feel like it. Some companies have already started the ball rolling.

Four words constantly need repeating for you thick-skulled dembulbs:

LET THE MARKET DECIDE

Why not let children work in factories, underpaid and over worked? Let the market decide, works for the third world.

That is exactly what the republican tea party wants...These bastards want to destroy all the protections and regulations that have built this nation over the last 150 years.

Evil is what they're. As simply they wouldn't care if this country looks like central America as long as the rich got theirs.

Where is there time for maternity leave????

There are 365 days this year.

There are 52 weeks per year in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work.

Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available.

You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break. That accounts for 23 days each year, leaving only 68 days available.

With a one hour lunch period each day, you have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work.

You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave. This leaves you only 20 days available for work.

We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days.

We generously give you 14 days vacation per year which leaves only one day available for work and I'll be damned if you're going to take that day off!

In other words for every second of your life you don't spend working you are an un-American communist mooching off the system. Man, the market has really fucked you in the ass and tickled your brain cells somethin' serious.

Not to mention the obvious math problems you introduce.

It's an old joke.
Lighten up

Trust me, I get it. You don't have a point.

 

[David_42]

Republican "family values" don't exist, unless it involves protecting zygotes.
If Republicans Cared About Families, They’d Stop Blocking Paid Leave

Several participants at the Republican debate last week spoke fervently about putting Rosa Parks’ image on the $10 bill. They also spoke fervently in support of a decision by Congress to defund Planned Parenthood—an organization that counted Rosa Parks among the members of its national board.

The contradiction would have been obvious and painful to Ms. Parks. Like many of us, she’d have been bewildered by the priorities of candidates who have held vote after vote on shutting down vital health services for women, but won’t even schedule a hearing on the FAMILY Act, a bill to provide affordable family and medical leave. It’s impossible to care about families and leave communities bereft of services for contraception, mammograms and other cancer screenings, and dozens more critical health services for women. It’s also impossible to call yourself “pro-life” and oppose a badly-needed, common sense program to make family and medical leave affordable to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.

In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act passed Congress with bipartisan support. The FMLA provided up to 12 weeks unpaid leave for care of a new child or a serious personal illness or that of a child, spouse or parent. Republicans as well as Democrats saw that valuing family meant making sure people could care for family members without losing their jobs or health insurance. Many of the state and local campaigns within Family Values @ Work’s national network have leaders from both parties—including the numerous Republicans leading the charge for the Family Care Act in Georgia.

So what’s the problem in the nation’s capital today?

The FMLA is now 22 years old. While it constituted a major breakthrough and established the principle that having a family shouldn’t cost you your job, the leave remains out of reach for millions—some because they’re not covered by its protections (two-fifths of the nation’s workforce), and many who are eligible because they cannot afford to take unpaid leave. According to a study done for the Department of Labor (DOL), nearly one in four employed mothers who are pregnant go back to work within two weeks of giving birth—with disastrous results for maternal and infant health. Others who take the time they need to heal and bond with a child often face financial hardship.

Another fine example of commiecrats endless desire to give away other peoples money to buy votes for themselves.

Virtually every other country on earth guarantees paid leave, many workers lack it, it's common sense.

Sure, it makes sense to people wanting to buy votes with other peoples money, you have no right to dictate the terms of a private companies employment contracts.

Buying votes with others money? Giving workers paid leave is common sense and benefits workers, the employers, families.. America is so backwards with people hating their jobs thanks to idiots like yourself. Um, the government does have the right, the civil rights act, the minimum wage, safety regulations, child labor laws, making sure people can't work shifts without an 8 hour break in between, etc, etc..

 

[paulitician]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

That idea alone gets you 30% of the vote.

Yeah, the angry greedy white guy thing just isn't something most Americans will support. Not sure why Republicans think they will.

Where does the money come from?

Give em their leave and call it a day. Opposing this is just plain stupid. Can Republicans do anything right these days?

 

[HappyJoy]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

That idea alone gets you 30% of the vote.

Yeah, the angry greedy white guy thing just isn't something most Americans will support. Not sure why Republicans think they will.

Where does the money come from?

Give em their leave and call it a day. Opposing this is just plain stupid. Can Republicans do anything right these days?

They can nominate Trump, lose massively and then a cosmic shift will take place in this country. That or demographics will take care of it.

 

[hortysir]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

Paid maternity leave isn't a partisan issue.
It's a business decision.

Your party has already mandated that I provide health insurance coverage for my full time employees or pay a fine.


Paid maternity leave is a wonderful perk that could easily lure more employees to a company.
I think it's a great possible benefit.
Not every business would be able to afford it, however.
I know that doesn't matter to you Leftards......Uncle Sam says do it, you do it and don't complain about the added expense

 

[ScienceRocks]

Loserterians want to go back to 1890 or before. They don't give a shit about human rights or workers rights...

They just want no government in the economy and if you end up a slave...Well, too damn bad.

Forget roads, science institutions and educating our children as all those things need to be abolished as far as they're concerned. I really do wish these people would get out of my country and go live in Somalia or some other place that doesn't have these things. Oh'yess, take Ted effin Cruz with them. He can be their weak president that stands up the military.

 

[Lou Skunt]

Many companies already provide paid leave. Leave it alone and let the market sort it out.

 

[HappyJoy]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

Paid maternity leave isn't a partisan issue.
It's a business decision.

Your party has already mandated that I provide health insurance coverage for my full time employees or pay a fine.


Paid maternity leave is a wonderful perk that could easily lure more employees to a company.
I think it's a great possible benefit.
Not every business would be able to afford it, however.
I know that doesn't matter to you Leftards......Uncle Sam says do it, you do it and don't complain about the added expense

Maybe this is where you point to other countries who wrecked their economies over this. Just a thought, it'd go a long way.

 

[paulitician]

How can the Republican Party believe it's gonna get the White House back anytime soon? Most Americans will not support a Party represented by heartless greedy white dudes. It's not a winning Platform.

That idea alone gets you 30% of the vote.

Yeah, the angry greedy white guy thing just isn't something most Americans will support. Not sure why Republicans think they will.

Where does the money come from?

Give em their leave and call it a day. Opposing this is just plain stupid. Can Republicans do anything right these days?

They can nominate Trump, lose massively and then a cosmic shift will take place in this country. That or demographics will take care of it.

I actually like Trump. But I doubt they'll nominate him. I'm sure they'll go with another milquetoast wimp like Romney.

 

[David_42]

Many companies already provide paid leave. Leave it alone and let the market sort it out.

Yeah, the market did a great job at sorting out child labor, low wages, safety in the workplace.. NOT. The government stepped in. The market is fucking failing:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/leave_report_final.pdf
U.S. Stands Alone on Lack of Paid Leave