Kathryn Anne Edwards
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It was looking at sick day expansions through the 20 teens.
And it found that women without a college degree saw roughly nearly $3,000 more in earnings after they had paid sick days.
And they weren't
They weren't working, like they weren't taking $3,000 worth of sick days.
Having sick days made it easier for them to keep their job because you can still be fired for calling in sick in America.
And the people who have to deal with sickness the most are mothers.
So you make it hard for mothers to keep a steady job if you don't give them the protection to have paid sick days.
You give paid sick days, they earn more money, but someone is still going to frame paid sick days as this is a charity for the poorest workers.
It's not a charity for the poorest workers.
If it makes our labor market better and fairer, it is an investment we need on behalf of all workers.
I try to find language like that.
It's thin on the ground.
But I hope language will be like that.
I should say, Scott, I'll come knock on your door.
I have a book coming out in a year and a half, and I'll just say with certainty, I am not running for president.
And I'll do both in the same interview.
I'll talk about a book, and then I'll tell you I'm not running for president.
One, deficit debt.
Yeah, we've had five tax cuts this century.
Some of them were just over a trillion.