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In reply to the discussion: what do childfree/childless people get instead of "parental leave?" [View all]restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)we don't disagree on that, whether the child is biological or adopted. What I am suggesting is that there is a differential compensation between parents and nonparents if paid leave is translated into dollars and parents get it while nonparents don't. It is differential compensation for the same job between parents and non parents. So I support a system where everyone gets paid leave and parents can use it for parenting and nonparents can use it for other things. I'm not advocating to take anything away from parents, so why are you so upset about the possibility of non-parents getting personal leave to do something else? It's a question of differential compensation, and offering personal leave does away with that.
you do you realize I am advocating for more benefits, expansion, rather than less, or restriction. Usually advocating for more is not met with such strong emotion, since most people except for Republicans think the benefit should be expanded. I don't get the problem.