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bettyellen

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5. reports have shown this is what happens when daycare/ preschool is not available....

Reply to earthside (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 11:31 AM

Aug 2013

And RWers love it- women leave the workforce voluntarily in much larger numbers. Because their husbands earn 30% more.
Not because they don't want to work- because of economics. There have been loads of studies, and they have found this was true because of lowered payscales since the recession, too. Not worth it to hire FT help.
But hey- I am referring to real life and not some Utopia here.

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Colo. turns away thousands from preschool [View all] Arctic Dave Aug 2013 OP

fuckers will love knocking women out of the job market as a bonus bettyellen Aug 2013 #1

Women? earthside Aug 2013 #4

reports have shown this is what happens when daycare/ preschool is not available.... bettyellen Aug 2013 #5

Me, too. earthside Aug 2013 #6

you too- glad women are pushed out of the workforce? men lost more jobs because they tended bettyellen Aug 2013 #7

education has been one of the big areas of job loss. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #8

yep - that;s what I said - AFTER the recession, women's recovery is much slower because of this and bettyellen Aug 2013 #9

education has been losing jobs since the beginning of the recession, & it's not clear that HiPointDem Aug 2013 #10

but education continues to bleed jobs, as other areas recover. bettyellen Aug 2013 #11

Wow. I didn't hear about this. I just enrolled my son into the Denver Preschool Program Mr. David Aug 2013 #2

but all that fracking is supposed to be bringing soooo much money to the state, gov frackenlooper niyad Aug 2013 #3

Does Colorado get a decent royalty from their resources Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #12

don't know for sure. do know that we are constantly being told that fracking is essential to niyad Aug 2013 #13