Yeah, but you have to make ends meet before you can think about the future. If you’re just barely, by the math breaking even, you’re probably not- once you consider incidental expenses, unpaid leave, etc. Over the long term, it probably does make the most career sense to put the child(ren) in care, but again, those…

Actually, I really want to go to wherever they are. They sound like a very entertaining bunch. I’ll just make sure to bring the mace.

Some people can’t afford to work. Daycare is $250 a week, got two kids so it’s $500 a week. Even if mom makes minimum wage, dad’s income pushes their combined wages above the cut off for child care assistance (which is barely above the poverty level). Mom has to make nearly $15/hour to simply pay for the childcare,…

Oh, poor mothers get the backlash too.

It definitely runs in both directions. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

He’s still had almost 2 million votes more than any other nominee. That’s pretty significant. Any other candidate who had the lead Trump has would be heading towards a nomination.

The GOP is basically damned either way, so they might as well let him run. At least that way they aren’t confirming to the…

That book starts out *so good* and then. -_-

Unless the addict is upper middle class and white. Then we totes need to quietly escort them to some spa like rehab in Arizona, like decent americans.

So my aunt, who is a stroke survivor who can barely walk and has stage 4 cancer (terminal, in her case) should have to pee in a cup for her ~$40 a month in food stamps? Sounds legit.

Um... I wouldn’t necessarily characterise New York and California as white..

I’ve been there, once. The music was so loud my ears were ringing after I left.

Never again.

In Illinois women make up less than 10% of prisoners in the prison system. There are more women on probation and in jails, though. Overall, 18% of people in the justice system are women in Illinois.

I’d imagine it would be similar in other states. Women in prisons DO tend to have more confounding factors (mental…

It keeps trying to make a comeback, but not quite making it. Like stirrup leggings.

Welfare reform was a compromise. The republicans wanted something much more devastating.

You did a good thing :hugs:

You can tell? I can’t... she seems to have a medium skin tone and dark, straight hair. She could be black, hispanic, white... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .

The cop definitely looks white, though.

He’d have no business doing that to an adult, either...

Seriously, I’ve seen a 90 lb woman restrain a 250 lb psychotic patient. No one was injured.

He wasn’t scared. He was pissed off that she was struggling.

It was totally my fault. But she is like the most adorable raging kitten ever, so, temporary insanity?

I have one cat who LOVES a belly rub. But he also go for walks like a dog. He’s not normal.

This little girl was so mad she was huffing and puffing. So I huffed and puffed back, because obviously, right?