FULL CIRCLE

This article caught my eye this afternoon. After relieving my wife of her home duties and allowing her some time to herself, I now realize how fortunate we are according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.

"...Despite Iowa's family-friendly reputation, the state received a D-plus today for legal protections provided parents who leave the workplace to care for a new child. Iowa and 30 other states received a D-plus or worse..."

Family-friendly, you see, means a lot of things to the commies at NPWF.

"...a 1965 law that only gives pregnant women up to eight weeks of leave. The leave could be less, since the law only allows time only off to recover from delivery..."

They neglect to mention the fact that women get paid less statistically primarily because they DO take time off to care and raise a child. Anything more than 8-weeks is a killer in any business. How in the world these socialists expect a company to lose what may be a key employee for up to 3 months is beyond me. But even with 8-weeks (and the federal 12-week Family and Medical Leave Act), that's still not enough for them. They want it paid. And that's why they give such a low grade to Iowa. They don't realize that farm crops grow regardless of whether or not you are taking time off, apparently.

"...Neither the federal nor state laws require that parents' leave be paid, said Charlotte Nelson, executive director of the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women. Many families cannot afford to stay at home with a child, she said..."

Psst...Charlotte, honey...the reason they can't afford to is to pay all those taxes you libs want to keep taking to fund your silly programs like child care for working moms.

"...The national and local family advocate groups would like to see states mandate at least some amount of paid leave for families, saying that staying at home will 'improve a child's brain development, social development and overall well being.'..."

Don't let the fancy language fool you. These liberals are all about women, for women, and nothing but women. That's beside the point. I'm still a little surprised they had the guts to say 'state mandate' without blinking.

What they can't possibly bring themselves to say is they were WRONG in the 60's and women need not hold a 9-to-5 job to be happy. Many women who work and are waiting until their 30-s to have children know that now.

My wife and I made a choice. Financially, it ain't easy. You have to drive a used Honda, live in a smaller house, find free activities for the kids to do, read them books instead of sit them in front of video games you can't afford, cook your own meals, clip coupons, and shop at Goodwill.

I just hope when they're rich and successful and possibly candidates for Federal Judicial appointment by the President that these same libs don't complain about their "extremist" views. If they do, I'm gonna pop-em in the mouth.

Finish the dishes, honey.