Of course it mentions the father.
The father is the state, of course.
The “Fight for $15 Movement” is just an attempt to get the father to do the right thing and get more money from the productive at gunpoint.
Because a $15/hr minimum wage will cause widespread automation of the fast food jobs that Fran cherishes, and greater welfare dependency.
Cheaper to have a single mom Group Home - no boyfriends allowed to live there, only women and children. If you are not working a job, you do child care & cleaning. No children starve and no money goes to mother getting nails done. Those who get good jobs have the option to move out into their own place.