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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is it. This is how it works.

The current U.S employer-based system is designed to pit us against each other, so people get upset and fearful that someone may get some benefit they didn't get access too instead of being upset at the system for this ridiculous debate we're locked in.

OP should have access to paid leave. The dad should have access to paid leave. The adoptive parent above should have access to paid leave. The cancer patient should have access to paid leave. The caregiver of a sick relative should have access to paid leave.

To act as if it's untenable is ridiculous. Countries all over the globe have figured out how to make it sustainable. Multiple states have successfully implemented state insurance models.

Here in the U.S., it's women by and large that pay the price in the absence of paid family leave policy. Women in color in particular, but women overall. And then we wonder why we have a #metoo problem and why women can't crack the glass ceiling.

If we're serious about solving things like sexual harassment, equal pay, reducing infant and maternal mortality, we MUST demand paid leave policy that includes everyone (meaning even a pay-in contribution option for independent contractors).

And we need to stop finger wagging at each other for daring to do something as biologically natural as have a baby.[/quote]

+1000000![/quote]

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