Taking The Lead: Paid Family Leave Is Popular – Why Don’t We Have It?

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On Taking The Lead  Jim and Doug talked about why we don’t have family medical leave despite a majority of Americans supporting it.
Pew research reports that polls consistently show a majority of Americans support paid family medical leave.
Other advanced, wealthier nations have a full range of benefits for their working families while the U.S. lags way behind in virtually every social benefit category.
From guaranteed paid vacation – U.S. ranks dead last there – to national guaranteed healthcare and maternity leave the U.S. lags behind other advanced nations.