Mom running for office wanted to use campaign funds to pay for child care. An official told her that

[sheshe2]

Mom running for office wanted to use campaign funds to pay for child care. An official told her that's a 'misplaced priority'

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So, Morgan Lamandre asked the board that oversees election rules if she could use political donations to cover child care expenses that wouldn't exist if she weren't running. Those might include times she's headlining a fundraiser and her husband is with her or traveling for work.

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Not only was Lamandre's request rejected, but the response she got reflected "some veiled sexism" and perhaps an outdated take on politics and the American family, the 35-year-oldattorney told CNN.

"Child care ... should come before public office or anything else," Lamandre was told by 76-year-old board member Charles Emile "Peppi" Bruneau Jr., a retired legislator who steered the debate before the matter was denied, 5-2.

"Life is full of choices, and that's one of them," Bruneau said, according to the official recording of the November 16 board meeting. "Nobody forces you to run for public office. But you have a child, and that is your primary responsibility, to provide for that child.

"I don't think you need to be raising money to run for an office to do that," he continued. "I just think it's a misplaced priority."

Read The Rest! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mom-running-for-office-wanted-to-use-campaign-funds-to-pay-for-child-care-an-official-told-her-thats-a-misplaced-priority/ar-BBQ3ObB?ocid=spartanntp

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You really need to read the rest. This is how the men are trying to keep women out of politics. In 2000 a man was allowed child care from funds, yet this woman was not when other women have.

"But a woman asking for the same treatment?" Brasted wrote. "I'm clutching my pearls, y'all, I am!"

[Renew Deal]

1. Campaign funds shouldn't be used for child care

Allowing it opens up elections to even more corruption.

[sheshe2]

2. Gretchen Shirley

"Her appeal was backed by 26 members of Congress and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, among others."

Some seem to disagree with you. Seems to me that you are saying only men or rich older women without the burden of young children should be running. These women are not asking for date night childcare they are running for office, grueling task at best. Should Cortez, who was in the news lately saying she would have financial difficulties moving to her new job in Washington until her paychecks come in, should she not have run and won?

We need these young women's voices, now more than ever. They, in my opinion are our future. Past time they should take off those aprons and become the loud and proud voice of the future.

[Renew Deal]

4. Campaign funds shouldn't be used for personal benefit

Including child care. And why do you limit it to just women? Wouldn’t men be entitled to these funds? In general, allowing it opens up the system to corruption. People can start a campaign committee and funnel money to cover personal needs. It’s basically what Duncan Hunter and Aaron Schock are in trouble for.

[sheshe2]

6. Had you read my post or the article olr you would see that a man did benefit.

So, you really did not answer my question at all, for young women running. Your non answer answers it all.


BTW? How do you feel about family Vatican trips and lobster?

[Renew Deal]

7. I don't think it's appropriate for anyone

Women and men, young and old. Family vacations shouldn’t be charged to campaigns. Meals are a tricky subject because they can be campaign related, but the ethical thing is that if the meal is campaign related, then reimburse that, but not the non-campaign guests.

[sheshe2]

8. The trip and the meals were not campaign related.

Never saw any outrage. The price of the trip and meals would have fed me for most of my lifetime.

[JCanete]

9. I don't know. I'm hesitant to agree with campaign financing being allowed for this. We should have

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a safety net and public programs that alleviate this sort of burden so that there isn't this unfair weeding out of those who are restricted financially from participating in our democracy, but you have to admit this is a massive slippery slope. What level of child-care should somebody be able to afford out of campaign financing....the best of the best? Who draws the line? What other necessities might candidates have, rich or otherwise that they might justify in this way? What about medical procedures paid with campaign funds or cutting edge apparatus so that a person can better get around the country?

Without a whole ruleset, I don't know how you do this without it ultimately being exploited by those who least need the leg up. Again, should this even be an issue in a society as rich as ours? No. We should have that safety-net. But I think we need a far better solution than simply using campaign funds for those relatively few people who this would benefit versus a whole nation that needs infrastructure and support overhaul.

[sheshe2]

10. Hesitiant?

Of course you are.


Oh my, you veered off about medical procedures and not the topic I posted on.


Never mind. Have a nice night.

[JCanete]

12. What? Well that was informative. I didn't veer off of shit. I was asking where you draw the line

with using campaign finances. There are other valid needs as well, and there's tons of injustice and imbalance in this world that I would like to see us try to address. But not with campaign finances.

Not exactly sure why you were so vitriolic in response to my post,, nor what you're basing your flippant response on, since I tried to lay it out for you in as thoughtful a way as possible. And for that matter, I say hesitant because I may be convinced the other way. Not by your post, certainly.

[sheshe2]

13. I'm "vitriolic"?

My

"flippant response"

Oh and...

"I didn't veer off of shit.

I was not the one that was "vitriolic" as you have accused me of. I never accused you of being "flippant" as you did me. Nor did I swear at you as you did me.


nite

[JCanete]

14. I know why I was testy back. Just not sure why you started it in this case. Nite. nt

[JI7]

3. how ?