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    Women and the economy

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    OF COURSE we care about the economy!

    By MBisMe  |  Posted April 18, 2012  |  Virginia
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     MBisMe shared her thoughts on being a in a two-parent working family, and striking the delicate balance between her career and her children. 'My husband and I work hard to make the most of family time and put family first,' she said. 'Parenting is difficult. Regardless of how we spend our days, parents are parents all the time. What parents need more than anything is support, love and understanding.'
    - jmsaba, CNN iReport producer

    OF COURSE women care about the economy! We make up half of the population and are concerned about the national debt, social security, being internationally competitive, etc. We are a two-working-parent family with two kids. We have good months and we have tight months but we’re always able to pay our bills, save and cover emergency expenses. I am primarily responsible for managing our family finances, but most decisions are family decisions. Daycare is expensive but we were able to choose to have that expense. We are where we are as a family, economically, because of supports and opportunities afforded us, and we have the luxury of choice. Economic plans and policies should support the ability to have and make choices, not limit them. Also, social issues are economic issues: healthcare is the biggest. For example, not being able to afford health care can result in illness that could bankrupt a family. Giving tax breaks to ‘job creators’ is absurd unless there is proof they’re actually creating jobs.

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