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U.S. Rep. Steve King, apparently unable to resist the allure of David Lee Roth’s ode to Midwest farmers’ daughters, is defending American women against increasing foreign encroachment into supermodeling.
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1 year ago
"Goh announced that women would be given eight weeks of paid maternity leave after the birth of their third child (previously they were given paid leave only for their first and second children). He outlined a 'baby bonus' plan, whereby the government would pay families up to the equivalent of about $5,000 in U.S. currency over six years for a second child and up to twice that for a third. The money would be earmarked for the children's educational needs."
You'll notice that the only part of Singapore's plan that "kind of stood out in King's mind" was the incidental trivia of the newspaper in car windows, not the substantial government social spending that was the actual functional nuts and bolts of the program.