Thanks to the good ole Internets and Youtubes, we have video footage of Romney during a 2007 GOP primary campaign giving his ideology on how the Federal government should treat poor, unemployed women who have young kids. Chris Hayes has provided video footage (article posted on the Huffington Post as well).
Romney is asked by an audience member: "...If you're elected President, what would be your plan to limit the amount of Welfare and unemployment dependency that our national is traveling in?"
2nd part of Romney's response:
"...I also like the idea that people who are receiving assistance - Welfare assistance, have the responsibility of working...In MA, 85% of people receiving a form of Welfare assistance had no work requirement and I wanted to increase the work requirement. I said for instance, that even if you had a child 2 years of age, you needed to go to work, and people said, "well that's heartless" and I said, "no, no I'm willing to spend more on Day Care to allow those parents to go back to work..."
The article later cites paraphrasing Romney:
Poor women, he said, shouldn't be given a choice, but instead should be required to work outside the home to receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits. "[E]ven if you have a child 2 years of age, you need to go to work," Romney said of moms on TANF.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
Here's the video from the Chis Hayes show:
http://upwithchrishayes.msnbc.msn.com/...
Meanwhile, Ann Romney over the last few days, aided and abetted by the MSM, has been on a media blitz with her sudden advocacy for SAHMs:
"I made a choice to stay home and raise five boys. Believe me, it was hard work," Romney said on Twitter.
In other words, Ann Romney gets to "make a choice" while poor women should "not be given a choice." For a wealthy mother, staying at home is "hard work" and should be applauded and subsidized in more tax breaks that they don't really need. But for a poor mother, staying at home is undignified and not "real work" so they should be forced to work outside the home to gain some dignity.
So this is not really about staying at home versus working, it's about rich versus poor! Which is what it has ALWAYS been where Mitt Romney is concerned, and hence the Romney Doctrine of Motherhood:
Rich Stay-at-home mothers: Good, dignified HARD work - should be SUBSIZED to stay home.
Poor Stay-at-home mothers: Bad, undignified non work - should be FORCED to work outside the home.