David_42
Registered Democrat.
- Aug 9, 2015
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Sanders has his priorities straight when it comes to family.
Real Family Values
Real Family Values
When my Republican colleagues mention “family values,” they’re usually talking about opposition to contraception, denying a woman’s right to choose, or opposition to gay rights.
Real family values strengthen the bonds of family and improve the lives of our families. When it comes to these values, our country deserves better.
We are the only major nation in the world that doesn’t guarantee paid time off for new parents. Of 182 nations that do provide paid leave for this purpose, more than half guarantee at least 14 weeks off.
We are the only one of 22 wealthy nations that does not guarantee some type of paid sick leave, and the only one that does not provide paid sick leave for a worker undergoing a 50-day cancer treatment.
We are the only advanced economy, and one of only 13 nations in the entire world, that doesn’t guarantee workers a paid vacation.
The truth is that we lag behind other developed countries in many of the policies that bring working families together. That’s wrong. It’s a travesty. And it should be an embarrassment to anyone who claims to speak for family values in this country.
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