Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Bene

Mitt Romney: Mothers Should Be Required To Work Outside Home Or Lose Benefits

WASHINGTON -- Women who stay at home to raise their children should be given federal assistance for child care so that they can enter the job market and "have the dignity of work," Mitt Romney said in January, undercutting the sense of extreme umbrage he showed when Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen quipped last week that Ann Romney had not "worked a day in her life."

The remark, made to a Manchester, N.H., audience, was unearthed by MSNBC's "Up w/Chris Hayes," and aired during the 8 a.m. hour of his show Sunday.

Ann Romney and her husband's campaign fired back hard at Rosen following her remark. "I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work," Romney said on Twitter.

Mitt Romney, however, judging by his January remark, views stay-at-home moms who are supported by federal assistance much differently than those backed by hundreds of millions in private equity income. Poor women, he said, shouldn't be given a choice, but instead should be required to work outside the home to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. "[E]ven if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work," Romney said of moms on TANF.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/1 ... 26113.html

Yeah, I guess if you've got hundreds of millions of private equity income, then stay-at-home-moms are OK...But if you need any federal assistance, not so much.

But stay tuned--Governor Etch-a-Sketch will probably "refine that message" (read: flip-flop) in a few days when they figure out this chunk of video has gone viral.

Gee, I wondered how long it would take the our resident socialist to try to post this one to see if it would stick on the wall...

Nice strawman argument and evading the content of the post, TLGT. After reading what Romney said, I can see why you wouldn't want to address it.

JSG wrote: Nice strawman argument and evading the content of the post, TLGT. After reading what Romney said, I can see why you wouldn't want to address it.

CF: See Lady Jazzer

Dems don't like the idea of s lol tay at home moms because they cant tax them .

There's that double standard again.

Why should we support stay at home moms with our tax money? We are not married to them. We did not create their babies. We are not responsible for their dependents. They did not ask us if we wanted more babies as dependents.

We can "assist" them to become independent, self reliant, responsible, and productive. Support them forever without expectations? NO!

The only person that pays for my stay at home wife is me. She quit her corporate job so that she could be able to take care of our children and I make enough for her to be able to stay home. So whats the big deal?

What's a corporate job?