Democrats new proposal: up to $12,000 for 3 months of paid-leave of new moms and dads with new 0.4% payroll tax
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What happens if the employer decides NOT to fill the position of the pregnant parent? Does it breed resentment among the remaining employees that they are stuck doing extra work? Would they receive bonuses or extra Personal Time off for doing their job PLUS the pregnant parent? I’d be open to this new scheme if the employer would give me 1 1/2 years to go on “sabbatical” with pay. Equal pay and benefits for equal work.
The company isn't paying the employee while off, unless they choose to top up their benefit.
In my office, it depended on the job. Some had temporary workers come in, some reshuffled some duties.
I never felt I was doing more work because a co-worker was off taking care of their newborn.
You don't seem to have a problem with the TRILLIONS (with a 'T') of dollar we wasted on needless Republican wars but $12,000 is where you draw the line?
One less religious war and this program basically pays for itself and more.
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Originally Posted by momonkey
Really don't see it as an either-or choice.
No wars and no programs that bribe twdbs to come here to spawn.
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Originally Posted by beb0p
The point is not it's either/or. It's when one party has flushed trillions of dollars down the toilet and think it's perfectly fine, this attack on $12,000 seems like either fake outrage or a brain dead reaction.
Because I 100% do not buy that a $12,000 number is giving them pulse when trillions didn't.
I believe only Papua New Guinea and America are the two countries left without such a program. So if America joins the rest of the world, then it will be up to Papua New Guinea to carry the torch of freedom into the future... Will you move to Papua?
Nah....I much prefer Old Guinea myself.
I'm in favor, lets have more babies. People forget that one of the main drivers of GDP growth is population growth. Many countries are paying people to have children due to declining birthrates.
Its kind of racist to assume that the only people that would benefit from this policy are either the poor or immigrants since they only represent a small percentage of the population.
The company isn't paying the employee while off, unless they choose to top up their benefit.
In my office, it depended on the job. Some had temporary workers come in, some reshuffled some duties.
I never felt I was doing more work because a co-worker was off taking care of their newborn.
The bill is not only for maternal and paternal leave but includes all major health conditions, for the employee as well as paid time if they have to care for a family member. It will very likely run in the 100’s of billions per year.
"Last I checked Bush, a Republican, started Afghanistan and Iraq all by himself."
" all by himself."
Then you are ignorant of the FACTS.
W. Bush was GIVEN the AUTHORITY by Congress.
The DEMS controlled the Senate, Tom Daschele was the Senate MAJORITY Leader.
As we saw with harry reid as the SML, he can STOP any bill he wants.
Daschele not only did NOT stop the bill he CO-SPONSORED IT!
In the House, the House Minority Leader ALSO CO-sponsored the bill.
WITHOUT the dems support, the bill would NEVER had been passed and W would NOT have had the authority to go.
Let me REPEAT, WITHOUT the dem VOTE , the repubs did NOT have enough votes on their own to pass the bill, Bush would NOT have had the AUTHORITY!
Dem's who voted FOR the wars:
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Later became VP
Breaux (D-LA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carnahan (D-MO)
Carper (D-DE)
Cleland (D-GA) Clinton (D-NY)Later became Sec. of State and ran for the Presidency (Labeled Smartest women in the world by many lefties) Daschle (D-SD)Leader of the Senate at the time and co-sponsored the bill Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND) Edwards (D-NC) Ran for VP
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA) Ran for Pres.
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA) Lieberman (D-CT)Ran for Pres.
Lincoln (D-AR)
Miller (D-GA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Reid (D-NV) leader of the Senate at he time
Rockefeller (D-WV) Schumer (D-NY) Later became the SML
Torricelli (D-NJ)
"Last I checked Bush, a Republican, started Afghanistan and Iraq all by himself."
All these YEARS, later and you STILL DON'T KNOW the FACTS.
And WE are called the UN-educated by the left and time after time why we CAN'T have HONEST FACTUAL discussions with dems because they DON'T KNOW the FACTS!
You people and your FACTS think you can Trump the left's indisputable emotion driven... emotions? Huh? Well I got a NEWS ALERT for you. You are absolutely right! So there!
Guess the Democrats want all taxpayers to pay more tax so new mothers and fathers can have up to $12,000 to stay at home for 3 months.
So far, the goodies are California senator's $500 monthly prize for families with children, Elizabeth Warren and her free childcare proposal and Bernie Sanders proposes free college.
New proposal by the Democrats: Up to $12,000 for 3 months of paid parental leave for new fathers and mothers paid for by a new 0.4% payroll tax split between employee and employer.
They claim it will be less than $2 for the typical worker which means that the 0.4% payroll tax would generate about $4 weekly or $208 a year yet the pay-out would be up to $12,000.
Seems as though there is some strange math going on and that they would likely have to divert funds to the program or they would have to increase the taxes on the program because generating $208 a year in revenue for a program with a payout of $12,000 doesn't seem possible.
The Democrats are coming with up with a new giveaway to manipulate voters into voting for them on top of all the other giveaways.
Payroll tax are the keywords. Small business just gets help on a 1099 basis. Try not to keep around more than 180 days and you can avoid this fiasco.
I believe only Papua New Guinea and America are the two countries left without such a program. So if America joins the rest of the world, then it will be up to Papua New Guinea to carry the torch of freedom into the future... Will you move to Papua?
Milne Bay in the PNG is really stunning. Just saying. Also very safe. Port Moresby makes Jo'burg seem like a nunnery.
The bill is not only for maternal and paternal leave but includes all major health conditions, for the employee as well as paid time if they have to care for a family member. It will very likely run in the 100’s of billions per year.
I was responding to the situation in Canada, not this particular bill.
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just because it has insurance in the name.
