I’m for months of parental leave for the father and the mother from the birth of each baby forward.
If there was gov’t mandated paid leave for up to 12 or 16 weeks, you would see a lot of small companies hire only men or very very few women of child baring age.
You would also see a lot more H1B visa applications if the company is primarily in the STEM industry.
Using Social Security for yet another non-retirement program is bad. The idea will never be “revenue neutral” no matter what number you try to run out into the future. Expenditures now for promises in the future NEVER workout.
If it must exist, paid family leave must require one of the two spouses work contributing to both fed and state.
Also, a percentage of earnings should be held in escrow, and should the employee fail to return, the escrow is forfeited back to the company.
On the hand, the Country needs babies born into responsible families. We can’t be trading abortions/delays for illegals.
It’s incredible to me that this could even be a question among people who call themselves conservative.
The rampant abuse that already exists for family medical leave is a clear sign that the same people will abuse this too. How many people are sitting at home, taking tax dollars now? It was 49 percent. Now I bet it is at least 51 percent. But, o they earned it, just ask them.
No it’s a horrible idea—and we have liberal Manhattanite Ivanka responsible for Trump now pushing it.
Already we got a terrible childcare entitlement that will be soaked up by the rich with nannies.
Not good for the kiddos, not good for the country, evil for the already overburdened taxpayers.