Posted on 02/19/2016 5:32:26 PM PST by Olog-hai
Americans "have to be sensitive" to people who are working two jobs and barely making ends meet, Republican John Kasich said Thursday night at a CNN-hosted town hall.
He used the example of a single, working mother with a couple of children: "Think about that mother -- gets up early in the morning; gets the kids off to school; goes to work; comes home; makes dinner. They're the heroes. They're really -- these single women with children are the real heroes in America, in my opinion." [...]
"Well, the one thing we want to make sure is they have healthcare, right? And that's a critical part for the working poor. But look, it all gets down to training and skills. And one of the things that we have to recognize in this country today is we have to have life-long learning and we have to keep training ourselves for the jobs that exist today, and the jobs that exist tomorrow.
"But I've got to tell you, when you think about these working poor, especially if it's a woman, and her husband walked out on her and she's got a couple of kids, we've got to look at the child care. We've got to think about the child care tax credit. And we've got to get employers to begin to realize that, you know, give this person a chance. Give them a chance to be able to move up. Because if you get stuck, then it doesn't work." ...
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What about single fathers?
If not for being in the family business where I could take off if necessary, I’d have had a heckuva time keeping a job.
1/4 of my pay to a sitter every week.
But I sure never expected anybody else to pay our way.
Kasich’s “compassion” message will catch on in the North if he can stay in the race long enough.
Welfare mothers make better lovers
Is that something to strive for?
Because single moms are more dependent on government.
And that means big-government politicians like Kasich have more power over them.
these truly are heroes to democrats.
as they’ll forever vote democrat to keep the govt assistance flowing.
that’s the whole point.
Democrat in an R jersey.
He can’t help it anymore than Yeb! can, it’s who they are.
Memorizer Bunny is the one The Cheap Labor Express will be pushing now.
It’s going to be all Rubio, all the time on Fox News.
What a PANDER BEAR!
You mean Canada?
Some single mothers are widows or divorcees. Not all single mothers are young, promiscuous, and welfare drones.
Yep....flopping on a mattress with your feet pointed at the ceiling is the height of courage.
Edward James Olmos is a white hispanic
Married mothers are evil!
Why is Kasich preventing his wife from being a hero? He should divorce his wife if he really wants to help her.
And here I thought it was people who gamble their life savings away.
They don't have two jobs. In fact, they don't even have one. They have kids and every time they have a kid they get a raise.
The parking lot in front of DSHS is full of beaters, all day.
Society does not punish such “husbands”, of course.
Actually the primary heroes are the ones who form a family and stick to it raising their kids to be positive members of society.
The ones that spawn welfare dependents and the prison population not so much.
What a lot of crap. I don’t want anyone’s handout.
Our country certainly does not need to be turning more to the government
And the government, along with its partner it so joyfully keeps in business, planned parenthood, the killer, needs to stop excusing and enabling males who have not been raised properly by their selfish married or unmarried mothers
I could curse
Heroes. The real heroes are the women who say ‘no, get a job then marry me’
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