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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, pp, the countries priorities include starting wars that are useless without an exit plan, paying bonuses to bank ceo's, etc etc etc
I think we should invest in our children.[/quote]

I think we should invest in our children, too. By keeping businesses solvent so that their parents will have a place to work. Paying mama for 6 months of maternity leave [b]because she's feeling stressed, tired, and not sufficiently bonded is foolhardy[/b], at best.[/quote]

this is non-sense. the pay is for the mother to spend time with her very young child, not because she is stressed but because the child needs her. in a vast majority of cases, the work can wait (and prudent women would do the work which can't wait). it can wait in germany, sweden, canada... - all countries with much better fiscal situation than the US.[/quote]

What a lovely case you make to be a stay-at-home mom! I thought that's what day care centers are for?[/quote]

You actually sound like a stay-home mom. If there were paid maternal leave there would be fewer stay home moms, not more. The point of paid maternal leave is to prevent women from leaving the work-force for long periods of time (or forever) by making it possible for them to leave for very short periods of time.[/quote]

Me? A stay-at-home mom? That's a good one. I'm actually a small business owner/ former large corp executive who, unlike many in this discussion, knows firsthand what it's like to make a payroll and budget work/ salaries/ benefits for employees. Six months paid maternity leave is a joke -- [b]there is no employee that I've ever come across in 20+ years in business who is worth that.[/b][/quote]

Apparently, your firm or the firms do not attract top talent. Which makes perfect sense - after [b]you are[/b] the owner/senior executive :)[/quote]

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