We can look around the world for “goodies” provided by law
by both lawless and lawful countries, by rich countries and poor countries, and
build a list that could sink any country into bankruptcy.
I would suggest that the advantage of family leave after the
birth of the first child and until the last child is out of High School are
clear and it needs to apply to both parents or it would be sexist. No one with
children in the house should work, they should concentrate on bringing their
children up properly, provide a good family environment, and make themselves
and their children better persons.
Countries providing less than this ideal are clearly
heartless, hate children, and are opposed to sexual equality and economic justice.
The problem of course is means. Who is paying for it?
Why not deal with the payments we have today, our $20T (Trillion)
Debt, the Social Security backlog of around $100T and, when we are finished
with them, get to the generation of a similar debt either for family leave, or
for the $100K minimum yearly salary required for a middle class standard of
living.
My proposal would be a bit different. Fix the tax system so
that everyone pays them as sales taxes. Eliminate IRS, all tax lawyers, all
CPAs that deal with taxes only. Then,
having determined how much sales taxes to take, and how much we need to pay off
our debts, decide if we can add to them in order to have family leave. Put it to a vote. If it wins raise both
taxes, and the family leave program at the same time for a specific period of
time, increase the sales taxes in that period of time if you underestimated.
Then take another vote, whether to keep both taxes that
resulted and family leave, or reduce taxes and eliminate family leave.
What I resent about all of these proposals is that
politicians believe they have right to the money I and others have made with
the sweat of our brows, and that they never have to look at the other side of
the equation, at the costs incurred and how to pay for them.
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