00:00So rumor has it that Trump's going to start offering $5,000 to get women to have more kids.
00:05Now, obviously, as a policy, this is a sick joke, right? Because any woman who wasn't having kids
00:09for financial reasons, one check for five grand when the kid is born is going to do literally
00:14nothing to offset that in a sustainable way. If you want societies to have more children,
00:19you have to create social programs that make it financially, professionally, and personally easier
00:24to have children. And most people in this country can't afford rent, let alone child care,
00:28if they even get time off from work to have the kid. But I do want to say one thing as a woman who
00:33doesn't want a child, and honestly, you could write me a check for $5 million and it wouldn't change
00:37that. Women refusing to have children if they have the power to do so is literally one of the most
00:43powerful pieces of political leverage that we have. And right-wing politicians are not stupid.
00:47They know that it's a powerful piece of leverage, and that's why they do everything in their power
00:51to eliminate that ability to choose. But a significant enough number of women saying,
00:55actually, the game is rigged, and I will not play it on these terms, go f**k yourself,
01:00literally will cause a society to collapse. And in the meantime, only opting to become a mother
01:05under the exact circumstances that you choose in a way that will benefit you and keep you safe
01:10is still an enormous political playing piece. And again, a privilege that fewer and fewer women
01:15even have in this country. Make no mistake that they want women to be pregnant, overburdened,
01:20and barely getting by. They want them in the average heterosexual marriage, which is to say
01:25where she is taking on the vast majority of domestic labor while also still needing to work
01:29full-time. And at the end of the day, they want her too exhausted to even vote, let alone agitate
01:33politically. So when they make a mockery of you by offering you $5,000 to start having more kids,
01:38spit in their faces.
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