I was scrolling through Twitter and found this particular tweet interesting:
Nearly 2 million women in our country have been locked out of the workforce because they have to care for a child or an elderly relative at home.
My Build Back Better Act will make caregiving accessible and affordable and help them get back to work.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 23, 2021
“Nearly 2 million women in our country have been locked out of the workforce because they have to care for a child or an elderly relative at home. My Build Back Better Act will make caregiving accessible and affordable and help them get back to work.”
As Republicans have rushed to rally around “affordable, accessible daycare,” I have asked a lot of those Republicans the same question.
What do Republicans believe to be the best — BEST — environment for a child to be raised? Or at a daycare, or at home by their mom or their dad or aunt or grandma, etc?
Republicans, I thought, were always supportive of stay-at-home parents because it is most beneficial for a child. Yet here we are, doing what we can and incentivizing moms and dads to spend less time raising their kids.
But here we have a President of the United States essentially lamenting the fact that women are staying home to raise kids or care for loved ones rather than go to work.
This comes as no surprise as Biden is a Democrat and Democrats want kids away from their parents as quickly as possible. Heck, Democrats have no problem with the same kids being killed before they’re born.
If the kids live through pregnancy, Democrats want them away from mom and dad as soon as possible. Free universal daycare starts earlier and earlier. Get them out of the home and into the state.
And Republicans have often gone along with this idea of encouraging and incentivizing women to go to work rather than raise their kids.
It doesn’t have to be women, either. But I ask again — do we or do we not believe the optimal situation is for a child to be raised at home by their mom and/or dad as a stay-at-home parent?
Some people may not believe that is the optimal situation. That’s fine, but I’d argue that isn’t conservative.
Society would benefit from more moms and dads staying home to raise their kids.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard a person say, “gee, I wish I would’ve spent less time with my kids when they were growing up.”
I’m not sure if there are two million women in the country who cannot find work or do not want to find work because they’re “locked out of the workforce” due to having to care for a child or an elderly relative.
I think it’s sad someone would word it that way.
But at least we know what they really think.
