＂This Could Get Very Sad＂ - AOC Demands RADICAL Family Policy Shift In Viral Exchange
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Summary
In this episode, the guys discuss why women don t want to have kids, why it's a problem, and how to fix it. They also discuss AOC's comments and why she thinks the government should mandate paid parental leave.
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Rob, can you go to the Instagram post and watch who commented on this Instagram post,
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And I spoke to this very successful man who has three daughters who all told him they
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Their careers combined with today's societal pressures has caused them to second-guess
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Anyways, this mindset has become increasingly common.
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There's nothing in life that compares to having children.
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All the money in the world, all the accolades, all the items checked off the checklist,
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none of it comes close to the experience, Rob, if you can go a little bit lower so I can read
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And then look, our friend here goes on the comment section, Rob, if you can go there on
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And she says the United States is one of the only developed countries in the world that
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doesn't support new mothers and parents with federal paternal leave.
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If we want to talk to pro-family talk, we need to walk the walk by supporting paid paternal
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leave and guaranteed health care like the rest of the developed world, invest in affordable
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We've been communicating for quite some time here.
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Tom, when you hear this, three daughters, you got two daughters.
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Imagine if Bailey and Brooke says that we don't want to have kids, right?
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And number two, why we got here and what reasoning she's making.
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So, point one, my daughters are not allowed to buy in into this.
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My daughters don't buy into this because I give them the facts and the rationale for why
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And so, and I point out the pitfalls and all the headwinds and everything you're going to
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Point two, for people to say, you know, my daughters aren't going to have kids, I understand
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They look at themselves as having to go, you know, raise a family and the complexities
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And they don't have someone like me sitting next to them with an alternative point of view
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because they have a, the guy you're talking about is a smart guy with smart daughters.
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But I'm telling my daughters, listen, you can have your career and you can grow this.
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She had kids and we worked together with a very fast moving and very complicated company
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And I'll tell you, you know, I see how it worked and that's how I feel.
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Now, the other side here, I don't think the ultimate solution is, oh, the governor's, the
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government swoops in and says, we have to have forced parental leave.
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And then while we have to have guaranteed health care, the rest of the world, that's
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And that's a program I'd like to debate her on because guaranteed health care like the
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She's talking about affordable child care and paid parental leave.
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So she's saying that the government is the solution.
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I just don't disagree that just keep dipping into the ladle and handing it out from what?
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You create this circle where people conclude, man, this is so complex.
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That's just so I think I think she's being she's rational from her own point of view.
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I think it creates an unintended consequences the other way.
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Well, I don't want to cause World War three over this topic.
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But I do want to say that there's part of what AOC saying is right.
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And then she lumps in a whole other stuff of, you know, single pair of health care and all this.
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I'm like, women can choose to do whatever they want.
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There is an overall movement with the modern feminism movement to prioritize your career over having a family.
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And that might work in your 20s and maybe in your early 30s.
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But talk to me when you're 40 and you got a great job and no man and no husband and no kids and no family.
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And I'm not even saying that you need to do this.
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I'm saying the mentality, the Chelsea Handler mentality is what I think people need to overcome.
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But I don't see many men saying, I never want to have kids.
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I see them saying, you just said you would let me speak.
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But I will say that choosing the career over the family, I think, will come to bite you in the end.
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As you start to make more money, you almost shrink the dating pool because of something called hypergamy.
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But as women focus on their career, they make more money, their dating pool shrinks, and basically who they think qualify for them will shrink as well.
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I just think women need to be very, very cautious about dedicating your entire life to your career and not end up having a family.
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My last piece of advice, go talk to women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s who have done that and ask them if they would do anything different.
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I'm actually very impressed by the way you handled that.
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So this lemon campaign that we launched on Thursday with the box that was launched that all of you guys, many of you saw, those of you that didn't, this box that's being shipped to people who are going through a lot of different things today to make their day.
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One accountant sent it to 11 clients, lawyers, realtors, insurance folks using it.
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But then we had a chance to read the note of what some people were writing to their clients.
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It was so, our staff is, when I'm reading this, our marketing team, they're in tears.
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Literally, when I'm reading this to them, I'm not going to say the name.
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It then says, sending you some love to help lift your heart up today.
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And wanted to say, again, how sorry I am with Susan's passing.
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I hope this cheers you up, your spirits, just for a moment.
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Surround yourself with one quality, with people you become, who you're with.
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You not only being a father, a husband, and a brother, you are also a policeman.
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You have so much you deal with on a day-to-day basis, but you still show up for your family.
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I'm telling you, the more I was reading these notes, the more emotional we were getting ourselves.
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I love the fact that the Valuetainment audience is taking time to order something to ship to somebody else to make their day.
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We know this audience is 80% men, but 20% women.
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