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No, married people should not get paid more than single people regardless of gender.
In fact, an argument could be made that people with children should be paid less than those without. People with children tend to miss more work dealing with their kids and as a result their productivity suffers and the singles and childless employees have to make up the slack.
Exactly. This actually just happened in my job. A married woman I work with made a mistake which would normally require that she would need to stay over and fix it. Well, she used the excuse, "but I got two kids and I am tired." Well, this single guy with no children had to stay over and correct her mistake.
One married person I worked with actually missed work every Friday and used the kids excuse. Try doing this as a single person and you will be standing in the unemployment line.
Who is going to look after the children if the man cannot bring home enough bacon?
Oh, my goodness. Married men have wives which equals TWO INCOMES. Everyone has sympathy for the married guy who purposely had kids he couldn't support and will come to his aid. Try being single and not making enough money. No one gives a damn about the single person who doesn't make enough money. Maybe the married guy should do what the single guy has to do and get a SECOND OR EVEN A THIRD JOB.
If the man can't make enough money, there are all sorts of charities out there. It is not my fault you knocked up a woman with a baby you can't support. Better yet, don't get someone pregnant, if you can't support the baby.
Maybe, but there could be high unemployment at that time.
then you would be stuck without a job but still having kids to feed - whose fault would it be then?
Does it matter? It certainly doesn't justify giving a married parent preference over a single person. If anything, the single person (with no kids) should get preference, considering once someone has a kid, they qualify for just about any government assistance out there... not so for a single person.
Should a married man get paid more because he has a wife and kids to support?
let's say, same job, same skills etc..
this is what happened in the past and still does in some countries, hardly equitable but does it have any validity today?
If you paid married men more than single men, then single men will dominate the job market. Businesses would gladly pay less for the exact same skill set, if given the choice.
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