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This is on point. I'm Megna Chakrabardi and here's today's thesis. The United States

lags far behind in the robustness of its social safety net in comparison to peer

nations. Okay well that part is fact, not thesis necessarily.

So let me rephrase, the thesis for today is that part of the reason why that remains true

is this nation's reliance on women to hold together the tattered parts of America's

social safety net. For example, Kristen in Denver, Colorado.

Five years ago, after my mom unexpectedly passed away, quickly after my dad passed away,

I found myself in a position where I decided to take on the care of my 47 year old brother with Down syndrome, which I did knowing the struggles.

I happen to be a behavior analyst and so this is my field working with people with special needs.

It's been a struggle. It's been lonely.

A lot of times I can't make plans because I don't have somebody to watch him or really the money to pay somebody to watch him.

And here's Bonnie in Lakeville, Minnesota. I quit 18 years ago, my job that

wasn't making as much as my husbands to take care of our disabled son and in the process

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