Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits

[NYcarbineer]

So Romney wants MOTHERS receiving assistance to go to WORK outside the home,

so they can experience the DIGNITY OF WORK.

Because apparently there is no dignity in the work of raising children.

LOLOLOL,

Is she getting up early and making them breakfast? Doing their laundry? Making their beds? No, that's what they hire people to do for them.

See, that's what they mean by tax cuts for JOB CREATORS. Romney will cut his own taxes,

then cut food stamps, Medicaid, and other assistance programs,

and then the poor mom will leave her own kids with grandma because she can't afford daycare,

and then she'll take a job taking of the kids of the Ann Romney's of the world.

 

[American Horse]

But I though being a mother WAS the hardest work on the planet...everyone says so.

Isn't it the most honorable work on the planet, raising the next generation of children? Don't we want to encourage more parental involvement?

Let's take a working poor family. Father works two jobs. Neither of his jobs provide healthcare for him and his family. They are poor enough to qualify for assistance so let's require the mother to work (despite having a young child) to "pay" for those benefits this family needs in order to survive.

So now, the mother has to work just to pay for the daycare. This puts them just over the poverty level and no longer qualify for the benefits. Mother must go to work full time to make up for it and viola, we've created another latchkey kid that doesn't get help with their homework, fails in class and can never pull themselves out of poverty. Brilliant!

Your theoretical family would qualify for Medicaid (healthcare for the poor) and your scenario doesn't apply. It's a red herring.

 

[sealybobo]

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Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits

WASHINGTON -- Women who stay at home to raise their children should be given federal assistance for child care so that they can enter the job market and "have the dignity of work," Mitt Romney said in January, undercutting the sense of extreme umbrage he showed when Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen quipped last week that Ann Romney had not "worked a day in her life."

The remark, made to a Manchester, N.H., audience, was unearthed by MSNBC's "Up w/Chris Hayes," and will air during the 8 a.m. hour of his show Sunday.

Ann Romney and her husband's campaign fired back hard at Rosen following her remark. "I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work," Romney said on Twitter.

Mitt Romney, however, judging by his January remark, views stay-at-home moms who are supported by federal assistance much differently than those backed by hundreds of millions in private equity income. Poor women, he said, shouldn't be given a choice, but instead should be required to work outside the home to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. "[E]ven if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work," Romney said of moms on TANF.

Recalling his effort as governor to increase the amount of time women on welfare in Massachusetts were required to work, Romney noted that some had considered his proposal "heartless," but he argued that the women would be better off having "the dignity of work" -- a suggestion Ann Romney would likely take issue with.

And its not just Romney. This is the position of the entire GOP.

Remember, Romney hasn't run anything in years. He's been running for president for 12 years now. But this does prove he agrees with the right that raising children is not work.

If you look at the most recent welfare reform the GOP passed, it says that people receiving benefits must work to receive the benefits. On average 30 hours a week. The list gives 12 examples of what is considered "work" and raising kids is not one of them.

Us Democrats think this is unreasonable to ask. Republicans disagree.

 

[Avorysuds]

Liberals think that Temporary Assistance to Needy Families actually means Permanent Assistance to Sit On Your Ass.

And liberal lites think there is a difference when it comes to Government entitlments. Mitt is just your run of the mill huge Government guy, shocking.

 

[NYcarbineer]

But I though being a mother WAS the hardest work on the planet...everyone says so.

Isn't it the most honorable work on the planet, raising the next generation of children? Don't we want to encourage more parental involvement?

Let's take a working poor family. Father works two jobs. Neither of his jobs provide healthcare for him and his family. They are poor enough to qualify for assistance so let's require the mother to work (despite having a young child) to "pay" for those benefits this family needs in order to survive.

So now, the mother has to work just to pay for the daycare. This puts them just over the poverty level and no longer qualify for the benefits. Mother must go to work full time to make up for it and viola, we've created another latchkey kid that doesn't get help with their homework, fails in class and can never pull themselves out of poverty. Brilliant!

Your theoretical family would qualify for Medicaid (healthcare for the poor) and your scenario doesn't apply. It's a red herring.

And Romney wants to cut Medicaid so his wife will have more money to raise her kids.

 

[francoHFW]

To review, the Romney argument is incredibly hypocritical Pubcrappe.

 

[francoHFW]

As ALWAYS.

 

[koshergrl]

But I though being a mother WAS the hardest work on the planet...everyone says so.

Isn't it the most honorable work on the planet, raising the next generation of children? Don't we want to encourage more parental involvement?

Let's take a working poor family. Father works two jobs. Neither of his jobs provide healthcare for him and his family. They are poor enough to qualify for assistance so let's require the mother to work (despite having a young child) to "pay" for those benefits this family needs in order to survive.

So now, the mother has to work just to pay for the daycare. This puts them just over the poverty level and no longer qualify for the benefits. Mother must go to work full time to make up for it and viola, we've created another latchkey kid that doesn't get help with their homework, fails in class and can never pull themselves out of poverty. Brilliant!

Your theoretical family would qualify for Medicaid (healthcare for the poor) and your scenario doesn't apply. It's a red herring.

And Romney wants to cut Medicaid so his wife will have more money to raise her kids.

Do you have any idea how ridiculous you are?

 

[Dick Tuck]

So Romney wants MOTHERS receiving assistance to go to WORK outside the home,

so they can experience the DIGNITY OF WORK.

Because apparently there is no dignity in the work of raising children.

LOLOLOL,

Is she getting up early and making them breakfast? Doing their laundry? Making their beds? No, that's what they hire people to do for them.

See, that's what they mean by tax cuts for JOB CREATORS. Romney will cut his own taxes,

then cut food stamps, Medicaid, and other assistance programs,

and then the poor mom will leave her own kids with grandma because she can't afford daycare,

and then she'll take a job taking of the kids of the Ann Romney's of the world.

Give it to Mitt. He's created many third world jobs, while killing jobs for Americans.

 

[koshergrl]

So Romney wants MOTHERS receiving assistance to go to WORK outside the home,

so they can experience the DIGNITY OF WORK.

Because apparently there is no dignity in the work of raising children.

LOLOLOL,

Is she getting up early and making them breakfast? Doing their laundry? Making their beds? No, that's what they hire people to do for them.

See, that's what they mean by tax cuts for JOB CREATORS. Romney will cut his own taxes,

then cut food stamps, Medicaid, and other assistance programs,

and then the poor mom will leave her own kids with grandma because she can't afford daycare,

and then she'll take a job taking of the kids of the Ann Romney's of the world.

What a steaming pile of shit entitlement is.

These yahoos really think that the Romneys of the world owe them a living, and they truly believe that welfare encourages strong families.

It doesn't matter that all the evidence shows exactly the opposite.

Ignorant, lazy pieces of shit.

 

[Dick Tuck]

Liberals think that Temporary Assistance to Needy Families actually means Permanent Assistance to Sit On Your Ass.

And liberal lites think there is a difference when it comes to Government entitlments. Mitt is just your run of the mill huge Government guy, shocking.

I believe in a social safety net, as do most corporatists. Perhaps for different reasons. What I object to is people reducing their tax liability by shipping American jobs to third world countries.

 

[koshergrl]

It's complete fantasy.

By the same token, they believe they are intelligent..though they have no education and no evidence of their superior intellect. They believe if they think it, why, that makes it so!

 

[JimH52]

But I though being a mother WAS the hardest work on the planet...everyone says so.

Isn't it the most honorable work on the planet, raising the next generation of children? Don't we want to encourage more parental involvement?

Let's take a working poor family. Father works two jobs. Neither of his jobs provide healthcare for him and his family. They are poor enough to qualify for assistance so let's require the mother to work (despite having a young child) to "pay" for those benefits this family needs in order to survive.

So now, the mother has to work just to pay for the daycare. This puts them just over the poverty level and no longer qualify for the benefits. Mother must go to work full time to make up for it and viola, we've created another latchkey kid that doesn't get help with their homework, fails in class and can never pull themselves out of poverty. Brilliant!

Your theoretical family would qualify for Medicaid (healthcare for the poor) and your scenario doesn't apply. It's a red herring.

And Romney wants to cut Medicaid so his wife will have more money to raise her kids.

Obviously, she is the only at home mom with a "dignified" job. All these other at home moms just don't fit his bill of dignity.

 

[Katzndogz]

Welfare encourages women to not have men to financially contribute to their children. If the left hates Ann Romney because she's married and Mitt Romney supports his chiildren.

 

[blu]

ummm hes talking about moms who arent working and living off government handouts right? quite different than his wife...

 

[Stephanie]

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Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits

WASHINGTON -- Women who stay at home to raise their children should be given federal assistance for child care so that they can enter the job market and "have the dignity of work," Mitt Romney said in January, undercutting the sense of extreme umbrage he showed when Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen quipped last week that Ann Romney had not "worked a day in her life."

The remark, made to a Manchester, N.H., audience, was unearthed by MSNBC's "Up w/Chris Hayes," and will air during the 8 a.m. hour of his show Sunday.

Ann Romney and her husband's campaign fired back hard at Rosen following her remark. "I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work," Romney said on Twitter.

Mitt Romney, however, judging by his January remark, views stay-at-home moms who are supported by federal assistance much differently than those backed by hundreds of millions in private equity income. Poor women, he said, shouldn't be given a choice, but instead should be required to work outside the home to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. "[E]ven if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work," Romney said of moms on TANF.

Recalling his effort as governor to increase the amount of time women on welfare in Massachusetts were required to work, Romney noted that some had considered his proposal "heartless," but he argued that the women would be better off having "the dignity of work" -- a suggestion Ann Romney would likely take issue with.

And its not just Romney. This is the position of the entire GOP.

Remember, Romney hasn't run anything in years. He's been running for president for 12 years now. But this does prove he agrees with the right that raising children is not work.

If you look at the most recent welfare reform the GOP passed, it says that people receiving benefits must work to receive the benefits. On average 30 hours a week. The list gives 12 examples of what is considered "work" and raising kids is not one of them.

Us Democrats think this is unreasonable to ask. Republicans disagree.

Well aren't yous Democrats just so special..Most people probably agree withs Republicans...YOUS wants our TAXPAYERS monies, yous get off yours asses and WORK for it..so you won't bes accused of being a Ann Romney as yous Democrats think is a worthless piece of shit because she was a STAY at home mom and didn't HAVE TO COUNT on us taxpayers..

 

[Jackson]

But I though being a mother WAS the hardest work on the planet...everyone says so.

Isn't it the most honorable work on the planet, raising the next generation of children? Don't we want to encourage more parental involvement?

Let's take a working poor family. Father works two jobs. Neither of his jobs provide healthcare for him and his family. They are poor enough to qualify for assistance so let's require the mother to work (despite having a young child) to "pay" for those benefits this family needs in order to survive.

So now, the mother has to work just to pay for the daycare. This puts them just over the poverty level and no longer qualify for the benefits. Mother must go to work full time to make up for it and viola, we've created another latchkey kid that doesn't get help with their homework, fails in class and can never pull themselves out of poverty. Brilliant!

Make up your mind. Either the children are too young to go to school, or they come home from school and open the door with a key, thus latchkey.

Either dad works two jobs and doesn't qualify for benefits or he doesn't work and he does.

If they child is young he doesn't have homework. If they are still in poverty level after working two jobs they should qualify for Medicaid. Didn't they finish school? What kind of planning was that?

 

[Steelplate]

So you in your abject stupidity don't think able bodied people should WORK for the money they receive? I worked for my money. So should they.

So much tor the worshiping of stay at home Moms. You don't see the hypocrisy here? "Mothers should be required to work outside the home for benefits.....except my wife and anyone else of means. Elitism. Ya gotta love it.

 

[Stephanie]

So you in your abject stupidity don't think able bodied people should WORK for the money they receive? I worked for my money. So should they.

So much tor the worshiping of stay at home Moms. You don't see the hypocrisy here? "Mothers should be required to work outside the home for benefits.....except my wife and anyone else of means. Elitism. Ya gotta love it.

you lefties have become a JOKE..your twisting of things is simply amazing.

 

[Caroljo]

On one hand you want the government force women who are pregnant to carry them to term..and on the other hand you want the government to abandon them once they are born..

Charles Dickens would have a field day with your type.

Which federal law states that woman must get pregnant? That's right.... none. Not rocket science. What federal law states that woman cannot use birth control? That's right... there isn't one. Just because I refuse to pay for your birth control, does not mean you cannot have it... you just have to get it without my money. Not rocket science.... beginning to see a pattern here?

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I didn't want to pay for that fucking war crime. Neither did some 60% of the American people.

Sucks..don't it.

The majority of Dems did....so that's who counts..right? You're Dems in Congress represent YOU.