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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At the very least, we should bring alimony back.

Alimony is a feminist issue imo. If we believe women are equals and empower them to make choices, then we need to make sure they don't suffer the consequences of them. [/quote]

No, not until the aspects of alimony that wildly favor UMC and UC women while harming working class families are ended.  Wealthy women who don't want jobs should not be driving policy.

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huh? how does alimony hurt working class families?[/quote]

There is a lot of academic research about this. Alimony laws (and their partner of fault-divorce laws) overwhelmingly help wealthy and largely white women. But they hurt working families, because when poorer families divorce, there is usually not enough money to feasibly set up alimony. However, having the harsher laws in place made divorce much more expensive.  Also, not only did people end up staying in bad marriage situations, it also had the unintended impact of reducing the desire for work afterwards.

I remember back when NOW opposed the end of fault-based divorce in NY even though there was lots of evidence that changing the fault laws would help lower-income kids and families. However, the wealthy white women who controlled NOW did not particularly care about poorer women and children.[/quote]

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