Ryan — and the GOP — have been adamant that the Family Leave Act would bankrupt businesses by letting slacker parents steal paid time off from their employers to be with their kids when they are "sick" or need their parents for some dubious reason or another.
Ryan — and the GOP — don't seem to consider the irony that Ryan is demanding that he will only take the Speaker of the House role if he gets to take weekends off to be with his family back home.
Because parents being with their family is important.
Paul Ryan Demands Family Time In His New Job. Many Americans Aren’t So Lucky.
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Why are all hypocrites blind to their hypocrisy?
That's one of the main problems in government these days. So many are disconnected from real life, completely blind to how hypocritical they are.
I get the point, but it's not like he's saying he should have a legal cause of action if he ends up not being able to spend time with his family. I believe Paul Ryan would say he's doing it the right way: negotiating his terms in advance instead of relying on a government rule.
+Stephen Miller Sure — which is so nice for him that he's able to negotiate it, and that he's able to turn the job down if his demands are not met without being called a parasite or having his unemployment benefits cut off. The answer being, then, from his point, that his position of privilege nets him — more privilege than others, and the ability to demand the employment conditions he wants.
I agree it's not precisely the same, but the principle sure seems connected to me.
Bazinga!
Stephen – What Dave said. Can you imagine applying for a job as a clerk and laying out terms and conditions?
All families should have the opportunity for time together.
Agree that he's in an atypically favorable position, +Dave Hill. But I would say it more highlights the discrepancy between his position and that of many others than it represents some kind of hypocrisy on his part.
+Stephen Miller It shows, to me, a lack of awareness (or feigned lack) as to the contrast between what he could demand and what he thinks it's unreasonable for everyone else to expect.
I've been fortunate enough in my life to be flexible in work hours to be able to take care of doctor's appointments and the like for my family. Not having that flexibility would have been a hardship, and rather than simply thinking, "Whew, glad I was able to do that," I'd rather see others be able to as well, within at least some reasonable level of accommodation.
I definitely agree with all that, +Dave Hill. In my company, our practice is to follow the federal guidelines on formal FMLA situations, but to be very… very… flexible on those little day to day situations that mean a thousand times more to the employee than to the company.
+Stephen Miller That's always been my personal policy as a manager.