Ruma was having lunch on a summer day in 2021 when her phone began blowing up with notifications. When she opened the messages, they were devastating.
  • Florencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    24 hours ago

    They should be treating it as a national emergency. Funds for childcare, pay off loans for teachers, 1 year off if you’re pregnant, 3 months off if you’re the spouse, nurses/midwives making home visits. This shit isn’t complicated, we’ve only been doing it for all of human fucking history. Fuck, if the problem is funds then switch to a lottery system of eligible recipients until you figure out how to raise funds.