what do childfree/childless people get instead of "parental leave?"

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593. I don't see an unfair idea as a good idea

And when I am being asked to pay for something that benefits people who are better off than me, yes I think that is unfair.

1. I never said I did, but this proposal is to increase my taxes to give benefits to other people, other people who are sometimes far better off than me (even in financial terms)

2. so? Two wrongs don't make a right. Perhaps instead of increasing my taxes, we could find common cause in eliminating some of those worse things and then maybe those breeders could get there free stuff, only NOT at my expense (although, yeah, if 90% of the class gets an ice cream cone, how exactly do you expect the rest of the class to feel about that even if they aren't being asked to pay for the ice cream?)

3. we do, however, get free speech, which is what I am using to oppose what I see as an unfair idea, and I get my power to vote in an election - to vote against people who propose unfair plans.

A good idea?

Here's how I see this good idea. We have a group of 100 people and somebody proposes, well why don't we all chip in an buy gasoline - for 80% of us.

As a member of the 20%, in fact as a member of TWO 20%s. First, I am among the poorest 20% of this country. So I really do not like being told to contribute money for the 80% who are better off than me. I mean the proposal is not - we all chip in to buy gasoline for the people who cannot afford gasoline. Nope. Some of the people getting the free gasoline in this proposal - they are driving lexuses.

Further, I am living in a time when politicians have already tilted the tax field towards parents. A couple with two children and an income of $45,000? They pay less in federal income taxes than I do on an income of $14,000. I could see it coming to. When the child tax credit first started it was only $200, not THAT big of a deal, but sure as excrement I knew that politicians - of both parties - would fall all over themselves to increase it. And now it stands at $1,000 per kid.

But what the heck, why shouldn't I favor a $1,000 tax break for a parent who makes $40,000 and why not throw in free health care for their kids too?

Well, it's not really free. I get to help pay for it.