He may just have well crapped in their hand:
"Obama boosts paid family, medical leave" by Niraj Chokshi | Washington Post June 29, 2014
WASHINGTON — California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island are the only states that offer paid family and medical leave to workers, a policy that got a high-profile boost last week from President Obama.
The White House hosted a summit on working families Monday to raise awareness of issues including child care, paid family leave, and equal pay. In a speech, Obama called the three states that offer paid family and medical leave ones that ‘‘are setting a good example.’’
Such issues have emerged as key to Democrats as they seek to shore up support among women and portray Republicans as unsympathetic on issues of concern to them. Allies of Hillary Rodham Clinton told the Washington Post that the issue would be a key part of a 2016 presidential bid if she runs.
I'm tired of political crap, sorry.
Part of Obama’s push includes a proposal to offer $5 million in funding to support state-level initiatives offering leave to workers to care for new babies or ailing relatives, such as those in place in the three states. (Washington state also passed a law, but it was not implemented. )
All three fund the benefit available to workers in the public and private sector through an employee-paid tax, according to the bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures. As is often the case, such state laws can serve as models not only to others, but also to the federal government. Here’s a look at what each state’s paid-leave law offers:
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That reminds me: whatever happened to the urgency about getting the Nigerian girls back, 'ho?
Oh, I see. He's got $5 BILLION for a terrorist in fracture fund, another $1 billion for the Ukraine, $500 million to arm and train terrorists against Syria, and yet all he has for American families is a lousy $5 million bucks?
What a mi$erly $phincter!
