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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This a fucking a lie. Majority of federal government program are not self funded. In fact they contribute to a huge deficit problem we have now. Social security is a notable exception of a federal government program that is self funded.  I also don't believe we should  to our already massive debt so women can be paid to have babies.[/quote]

Again, all programs are meant to be self-funded because taxes are paid to cover the expenses. Taxes collected are often insufficient, so money gets borrowed. Your precious "social security" box is just an accounting gimmick - the only money you will get "back" (highly misleading because SS is very progressive) is the money collected from taxes at the time you draw your benefits.

And btw - women are not paid to have babies, but to maintain careers. It's not about encouraging women to have children, but rather encouraging them not leave the workforce.[/quote]

I am not excepting to collect much from social security that's why I am already taking personal responsibility for my retirement.  Social Security for time being is self funded through a specific tax. [b]And BTW, semantics aside,women would still be paid to have babies whether you want to believe that or not is your choice.[/b][/quote]

Not true. Countries with long maternity leaves don't have higher fertility rates. But they do have higher proportions of working women.

Again - maternity leave helps women maintain careers, not have ba
bies. Women will have babies regardless. But if they need to leave 3 week old babies in childcare in many cases they will abandon their careers. [/quote]

There is no direct correlation between amount of maternity leave and women participation in labor-force. In-fact USA ranks better in female workforce participation than some countries with generous maternity leave.

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS[/quote]

this is not the relevant table. you need a proportion of labor force that are women, not a proportion of women that in labor force.[/quote]

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