Hillary Clinton: Expand Family Leave Act

Newsmax reports:

2008 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is calling for a massive expansion of the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act, saying that an updated version should offer time off from work for parental participation in children's school activities and health care, as well as personal time to care for aging parents.

"We make it about as hard in our country as possible for people to do the most important job there is in any society - and that is raising and nurturing the next generation," Mrs. Clinton told a Brown University audience during a speech on women's leadership last week.

"Since the Family and Medical Leave Act was passed in my husband's administration, more than 50 million men and women have taken advantage of it," she explained. "Well, I think it needs to be updated and it needs to be expanded somewhat."

Mrs. Clinton insisted that "there should be time available for teachers conferences and doctors appointments, to be involved in your childrens' lives and to increasingly care for your aging parents."

Sounds like Hillary Clinton is inspired by France and Sweden.We wonder whether Senator Clinton realizes that a 9% unemployment rate for years isn't probably the safest thing for New York state.