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We Know About Binders: What About Economic Security?

After the second presidential debate we know where candidate Mitt Romney stands on women, "binders," and home-cooked meals, but we don't know where he stands on key women's economic security policies like access to earned sick days, paid family and medical leave, and the Paycheck Fairness Act.

Why ask about these policies now? While getting home in time to cook dinner is an important thing for both men and women to do, it isn't the most critical issue facing our families. Overall our family economic security policies are stuck in the past. We need a serious discussion addressing them for our own pocketbooks and for our national economy.

*Sign on here to our open letter to the Romney campaign asking him: Where do you stand?

Dear Governor Romney,

Our family economic security policies are stuck in the past; we need a serious discussion addressing them for our own pocketbooks and for our national economy.

Right now, nearly 80% of low wage workers, and 40% of private sector workers don't have access to a single earned sick day for themselves or to care for a child--even though everyone gets sick.  And right now, the U.S. doesn't have a national paid family and medical leave program--even though over 170 other countries have such a policy for new moms.  Papua New Guinea and Swaziland join us in the dubious distinction of being some of the only nations to not have paid leave for new moms.

The failure to deal with these policies is costing us dearly. According to the U.S Census, more than 80% of women in our nation become mothers and having a baby is a leading cause of "poverty spells." Three-quarters of moms are in the labor force, and half of them are the primary breadwinners for their families.

Women's economic issues are key issues not only for women, but for our economy and for our nation as a whole. Women are projected to create more than half of the 9.72 million expected new small business jobs by 2018. Women make three-quarters of the purchasing decisions for households.

We need public policies that keep up with our modern labor force and with our modern economy, which for better or worse is now largely based on consumer spending.

*Given the above, MomsRising has three important questions for you:

- Do you support or oppose policies to allow everyone to earn paid sick days?

- Do you support or oppose a national paid family and medical leave program?

- Do you support the Paycheck Fairness Act?

Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions,

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We Know About Binders: What About Economic Security?