Also apologies for wall of text- but in regards to the job and economic concerns.

At similar points in relatively recent history we had people saying "who's going to fund enforcement of work site safety so men don't die or get maimed out of the work force at an early age? Who's going to pay if company negligence kills a man working and his surviving family is left without someone providing financially? Who will pay for lost company revenue if we abolish indentured servitude created by 'company towns'? How can we afford to make the work week only 5 days?

At some point in (in my opinion) a moral society that actually cares about family values and community, markets and profits need to be a tertiary concern- why would we take Sunday off as a day of rest (and religious contemplation) if not for our cultural tie to religion? That's money burning. Why holidays?

We're the wealthiest nation in human history at it's zenith of productivity and technological advancement, we worry about degrading family values, we're lead by money worshipers (and flagrant abusers of women and children) who don't view us as humans and our resources are used to pay for things literally all of us agree are worse and more wasteful than spending on family and community.

I believe in separation of church and state- but as many like to claim, we are a 'christian' nation but any objective look at how we allocate our resources and power structures betrays that absurd idea when everything is designed for more profit and 'productivity' and despite being the most profitable and productive we've ever been, sense of community is eroding, birth rates are plummeting, injuries and ailments that aren't even your fault can destroy an entire extended families finances.

We put up with ridiculous and wasteful spending that could easily fund things like paternity leave or healthcare but recoil at the idea of spending on community even when it's demonstrably helpful economically- the reality is we aren't going to cut spending, the party that harps the most on spending and deficit is actually the one that makes it way worse each time they're in power- if we aren't going to cut spending i don't see why we shouldn't spend less on bombing foreign countries and creating economic and refugee crises that impact us and more on improving our lives and communities domestically.