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You folks do realize that the Swedish government pays for the leave, not the companies.
The taxes are very high plus they have a VAT.
Your government can provide whatever you want as long as you are willing to pay for it.
Sweden has 25% sales tax; 12% on food and certain other things. Their income taxes are similar rate to those in California, New York and New Jersey but they get tons of things back for the taxes they pay...
Yepp, that's the respond by conservatives when they have nothing else to say. So sad...
Then allow me.
That socialist utopia is failing fast. With a 70% tax rate , the wagon-pullers are getting sick of the people sitting in the wagon. Rioting is common where an increasing number of immigrants relocate, and womb-to-tomb interference from gubment busybodies is the norm.
Family values in this country consists of spending billions on dumb wars instead of smart initiatives like maternity leave and early childhood development.
Sweden has 25% sales tax; 12% on food and certain other things. Their income taxes are similar rate to those in California, New York and New Jersey but they get tons of things back for the taxes they pay...
Which wouldn't come close to paying for just our world police actions.
Swedish law already currently mandates 18 months of paid parental leave that could be used by both parents' (60 days reserved for the father), but now encourage father's to get even more leave and extent paternity leave to 3 months of paid. Yes, you heard it right - 3 months!
The U.S. doesn't even offer any paid maternity leave... so sad for a "1st world" country. Indeed, even unpaid leave is not granted unless company has 50+ employees
Who has to pay for it, the employer, or the tax-payer? Either way, it's not right.
Who has to pay for it, the employer, or the tax-payer? Either way, it's not right.
Government... Everyone pays taxes. Giving out tax payers money to other nations and on war makes it right?
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