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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The U.S. is the only industrialized nation not to have paid family leave as a federal benefit.  [/quote]

This.  THe USA makes it so hard to parent compared to other rich countries.  But our top 1% controls  about 30% of our nation's wealth, so at least we excel in inequality.[/quote]

Oh please. Americans think other countries have 12w-12m pay at 100% salary. And that's just not the truth.

England:
First 6 weeks: 90% of average weekly earnings
Next 33 weeks: either a fixed statutory amount (£194.32/week for 2026–27) or 90% of earnings, whichever is lower
Final 13 weeks: unpaid

Canada:
Standard leave: up to 12 months total
Paid at about 55% of average earnings
Maximum around $729/week in 2026

France:
In 2026, the maximum maternity payment is about €104/day before deductions.

No offense but I don't only want to make £194.32 a week or even €104 a day (which is €728 a week). That's not maternity leave in my mind. I wanted 12 weeks paid at my salary, which is 150k or about $575 a work day. Americans could just take a year off from working and still come out ahead with more salary over the course of a few years. Americans just feel poor because we got used to a very high standard of living: constant AC/Heat, using dryers for our clothes, 2 late model cars per house, driving everywhere, large homes.[/quote]

This is crazy. When I had my kids I had 12 weeks unpaid. The only lucky break I got was FMLA protecting me from being fired while gone. [/quote]

There is hard data about how much rich European countries contribute for childcare. It's orders of magnitude higher than in the US.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/06/upshot/child-care-biden.html
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
Rich countries contribute an average of $14,000 per year for a toddler’s care, compared with $500 in the U.S.[/quote]

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