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2008 Presidential Election » Hillary Clinton’s Agenda for Working Families — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:36:29 +0000

[...] elizabeth placed an interesting blog post on Hillary Clintonâ

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:40:15 +0000

I cannot believe that you don’t have those things already! It sounds like you get nothing for the taxes you pay in the US. Correction, all you get is bombs and missiles.

By: Hillary = Family Values

Hillary = Family Values — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:01:04 +0000

[...] policy. Read her speech here. Though not completely sold on Hillaryland, Elizabeth over at Career and Kids is talking about Hilary’s agenda for working families too. Elizabeth thinks the plan [...]

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:27:21 +0000

I, for one, will take it! Now whether she can get Congress behind her is another matter. But I’m not sure her competition would fare much better (if not worse). So I say, Go, Hillary! I’m all for this proposal.

Susan at Working Moms Against Guilt
http://www.workingmomsagainstguilt.com

By: Tracee Sioux

Tracee Sioux — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:06:08 +0000

We’ve been bamboozed into thinking our choice are “work or stay-at-home.” Right now both choices suck.

Hillary is right on the money – the idea is to expand our choices with better employment leave policy so more of us can work AND stay at home without incurring economic hardship. It’s to the benefit of everyone in the family.

Critics are employers and business owners who have a financial interest in not giving us fewer benefits not more.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:26:56 +0000

Yeah, I do think it could be a political reality. Maybe not in one felt swoop, but I absolutely believe that incremental change is imminent. 173 countries – but not US – have mandatory paid FMLA-type leave. With the number of duel earner families increasing, I can’t imagine that we WON’T have paid FMLA in the next 5 years.

Broadsheet has a good write up, which compares and contrasts Clinton’s proposal to that of her democratic opponents. http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/17/clinton_family_leave/index.html

(She’s not the only one with a policy, but SURPRISE she gets the most press.)

As for me, I think the proposal is great, and it appeals to the progressive in me. If my vote were a referendum on work/family policies, she’d get my vote hands down. But I don’t vote on that issue alone.

I will say that to this point Clinton has left me cold, but I might just be thawing. Gotta give her props for not only advancing progressive work/life policies, but also for having been there, done that. How great would it be to pick up the newspaper and see me and women like me represented in the highest office?