J.D. Vance’s latest advice for everyday Americans was slammed Tuesday as being completely out of touch with the society he lives in.Donald Trump’s running mate last week responded to questions about child-care costs by urging parents to rely on grandparents to help them out.“Make it so that, maybe l...
  • ccunning@lemmy.world
    78·
    4 months ago

    “Make it so that, maybe like grandma or grandpa wants to help out a little bit more, or maybe there’s an aunt or uncle who wants to help out a little bit more," he said.

    Yes. We should all just get comfortable with getting by with less and be expected to work further into old age for free.

    It’s really the best way we can increase shareholder value and help concentrate wealth at the top.

    • Nougat@fedia.io
      47·
      4 months ago

      What nobody usually mentions is that if there are grandparents, aunts and uncles, siblings who are able to help with child care, they already fucking are, it’s not like there’s some vast untapped reserve of child care labor out there sitting idle.

    • thefartographer@lemm.ee
      4·
      4 months ago

      Ah, yes. The Giving Tree, except possibly with multiple kids sourcing from the same trees. Good ol’ stump-forest child rearing.