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By: Some Thoughts on the Stimulus Package « Women’s Glib

Some Thoughts on the Stimulus Package « Women’s Glib — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:47:23 +0000

[...] Entmacher, VP of family economic security at the National Women’s Law Center, says that the package will work on “Expanding health for them [women], child care, unemployment [...]

By: Jamelle

Jamelle — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:48:57 +0000

And my hunch is that some form of support for family planning will either be included in the Senate version of the bill (and brought in to the final version during the reconciliation process), or a separate bill will be passed.

By: Icewyche

Icewyche — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:46:26 +0000

I don’t know…a lot of what people are lauding as “good for women” is actually geared toward children and women with children – childcare, Head Start, energy assistance, food stamps, investments in programs for disabled kids, expanding SCHIP. Even jobs the jobs mentioned above involve dealing with kids. I’m childfree – I don’t have kids, I don’t want kids, I don’t deal with kids. What do I and women like me get out of this much-lauded stimulus package? Yes, I know that women carry the major burden of child rearing, but when are people going to learn that “children’s issues” are not synonymous with “women’s issues”?

By: gogojojo

gogojojo — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:22:13 +0000

Glad to hear it.

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