countries in the world that doesn t have official federally mandated maternal leave. it sets up this hobbsian choice between different priorities. it s wrenching that s what makes it so difficult from moderates to the center left to progressives. all the stuff in this bill is pretty good or most of the stuff is pretty good. nobody wants the person who says it s time to cut home care for the elderly and disabled. or let s not improve public housing in america. it feels terribling to the one to say that but in the end joe manchin is the 58th vote and it is also possible to create a pretty good bill that does a lot of these things permanently. in my piece i outlined one potential example where you could preserve a lot of the child tax credit expansion, you could do child care and pre-k,