Governor Swift: A Cautionary Tale -- Reaction

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Governor Swift is an inspiration. Reading about her story when she had her kids is really interesting, but I'm more interested in what she's doing now. Her kids are older, and we haven't discussed whether or not she's gotten back into politics. I think it's too bad if she just faded to the background. The government really should have made it easier on her by giving her a place near the capitol so she didn't have to drive all that way.

I also don't understand at all the problem with other people watching her daughter, as long as they weren't working or getting paid for it. I do understand that people wouldn't want their tax dollars going specifically to the childcare of one kid, but as long as the working people were on break or doing something else at the same time I don't see the problem, plenty of women and men do that when they don't have anything else to do with their kids. I remember sitting in my father's office building for hours as a girl with my sister, rummaging through the office fridge.

There is some merit behind the uproar when she cut down on welfare for women who might have been in a similar situation to her if she wasn't the governor. But since I don't actually know much about her policies, I can't say much on that subject. Most fo what we remember and learn about her are her babies, her pregnancy, and how she dealt with them rather then her actual issues. That right there is a major issue. Even history is biased.