It isn't getting much comment from the media but I think one of the most important things going on in the United States today is the glaring difference between the Republican and Democrat Parties. While the Republicans are gutting any form of gun control, gutting a woman's right to control her own body, and gutting child care, and this just in a single week, at the same time the Democrats are seeking to establish gun control and the protection of schools, relieve child poverty, assure a woman's right to have access to the drugs to give a woman the right to control her own body, and put in place programs to assure American children have enough to eat. I understand why oligarchs support the Republican Party; what I find surprising is that middle and working-class people by the millions still support and vote for Republicans. They literally don't seem capable of understanding that the Republicans are committed to degrading their personal wellbeing, ending democracy, and turning them into peasants.
“Poverty is a policy choice,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib argued. “The End Child Poverty Act will create a universal child assistance program and ensure that every child has the resources they need to reach their full potential.”
A trio of progressive U.S. lawmakers on Thursday reintroduced legislation that advocates say would slash the nation’s child poverty rate by nearly two-thirds.
If passed and signed into law by President Joe Biden, the legislation would replace the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the child provisions in the Earned Income Tax Credit with a Universal Child Benefit paying families $393 per month per child.
And let’s not forget the cutting of food stamps recently!!!!! All during a time of rising food prices!
I agree with you, Terri, women have the same rights as men; at least they should. We are a society based upon equality, supposedly.