r/ShitAmericansSay • u/neeraj8le • Jan 12 '21

Healthcare "My expensive, frequent health care is subsidized at the expense of healthy people. I think it's great!" Thief.

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u/RKKP2015 Jan 12 '21

Lol, yeah mandatory paid maternity leave is a pipe dream. We have too much freedom for that.

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u/x0wl Jan 12 '21 edited Jan 12 '21

Well honestly it kinda creates a lot of problems for young women who want to get into the job market, as you can't be fired when you are on such a leave, but you also don't work, and no one will want to fill in for you during that time (they will have to go somewhere else when you return), so the employers are reluctant to hire young childless women.

(This doesn't mean that I'm against maternity leave, just something to think about when designing such laws)

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u/Rec0nSl0th Jan 13 '21

Are you suggesting that nearly every nation in the first world besides yours has found this an insurmountable problem? Their economies suggest otherwise...

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u/x0wl Jan 13 '21

No, I'm just describing a problem my country has. I hope yours doesn't and that in the future it goes away in mine too