"If they can't afford them, they shouldn't have had them."

[essme]

That ugly knife is cutting both ways now, as upper middle class people start complaining about not having schools open--- so, their days can be free to continue their jobs--etc.

I know how mean that sounds. But, it always sounded cruel to me, as I watched parents go to work in places like Walmart, McDonald's....trying to just keep a roof over their children's heads.

Now, I wonder--- as I watch parents post on FB in real time that public school employees are just "lazy," while "they" are suffering-- if somehow, we can become more empathetic as a country.

[LuvNewcastle]

1. We should be realizing how interconnected we all are

and how dependent we are on each other. Maybe we'll come out of this with a greater appreciation for those who have been taken for granted.

[essme]

2. That's what I am hoping for. Republican policies are so cruel to families--

Now, maybe that the upper middle class is getting hit with the loss of publicly funded childcare (as they see it), it will start hitting home.

[MaryMagdaline]

3. Absolutely. A wake up call to everyone about what poor people go through

[essme]

5. It's time

Those "welfare queens driving Cadillacs to pick up steaks" needs to be brought up constantly now.

I hate it- I do not want to sound as cruel as a conservative, but "reap what you sow" is hitting hard right now.

[MaryMagdaline]

6. I know what you mean

[JI7]

4. middle classes and others who are not poor but also not wealthy have always mostly blamed those with

less than them instead of those with much more.

[MaryMagdaline]

7. Yep. It's a pattern throughout history

[essme]

8. It is. It's time to change the narrative

I agree.