Obama: Moms Shouldn’t Have To Choose Between Higher Wages And Staying At Home With Their Child

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Obama: Moms Shouldn’t Have To Choose Between Higher Wages And Staying At Home With Their Child

Posted By Alex Griswold On 3:56 PM 10/31/2014 In | No Comments


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Speaking in Rhode Island, President Barack Obama said that women should not have to choose between leaving the workplace to take care of their child and earning a earning a lower wage when she returns to work.


Sometimes, someone, usually mom, leaves the workplace to stay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as a result. And that’s not a choice we want Americans to make.



The remarks come after Obama quickly backtracked earlier in the week when he implied that Michelle Obama doesn’t work. “I mean, I should point out, she is working really hard now as first lady and doesn’t get paid, but that’s a whole other thing. But — because I didn’t want her to think, like, what, I’m not working? Michelle works. I promise you.”

[h/t Weekly Standard]

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