—including the country’s first national paid family leave policy, something Glamour has long been .“As your president I’m here with a simple message.
I give you my word, I have your back,” he told the crowd to cheers."Take paid leave. We’re the only advanced economy in the world not to guarantee paid leave.
We’re going to change that. In the United States of America, no one — no one should choose between caring for a parent who’s raised them, a child who depends on them, or a paycheck that they need. "It’s past time America caught up with the rest of the world on paid leave.“All this helps families and it grows the economy,” he continued. “And we can afford to do it.
We can’t afford not to do it.”It’s Biden’s most high profile care-focused speech since the failture of the Build Back Better Bill in 2021.
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