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If Lara Trump would like to pay my furloughed wife’s $600/month law school loans, our $2,100/month rent, or our $1,350/month day care bill, my email address is in my bio. newsweek.com/shutdown-lara-…
These are, in fact, just a few of the bills that we’re currently using our savings to pay, savings that had previously been set aside for a down payment on our first house. So I’d say it’s more than “a bit of pain.”
These people want for nothing and gleefully profit off this presidency and then tell *us* we’re financially secure? Fuck out of here.
Guess what? My child is here right now! This isn’t some future argument! And it sucks not knowing how long her mom—who makes double my salary, in addition to our healthcare and most of our retirement—isn’t going to be paid.
Many people are very kindly asking if they can donate to help my family. In lieu of that, please give to @chefjoseandres’s @WCKitchen, which is helping feed furloughed federal employees across the country: worldcentralkitchen.org/join-chefsforf…
My biggest takeaway from the unexpected popularity of these tweets: people have zero idea how freaking expensive daycare is.
Thanks to everyone for sharing this today. I genuinely don’t think this shutdown ends until enough regular families share these stories and put a wall of pressure on their Congressional representatives to act. Thanks again.
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