America’s Dad Has a Problem

Jacqueline S. Homan
Nov 2 · 18 min read

Don’t get me wrong. I really love Bernie Sanders for forcing Medicare for All to the fore. But poor people need more than healthcare to survive, we also need livable incomes. While Bernie has endeared many women to his side, he also alienated a lot of women with his “worker” rhetoric when he publicly said he absolutely won’t consider a UBI and instead supports a job guarantee because “people want to work and be a productive member of society” — a huge insult to a sizable number of women who’ve been full-time unpaid homemakers, moms, and caregivers.

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