GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months agoCampaigners tie baby slings to statues in call for better UK paternity leavewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCampaigners tie baby slings to statues in call for better UK paternity leavewww.theguardian.comGreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHow is giving fathers a bit of extra time off incentivising increasing the population??? They were going to have the child anyway! It’s not reaching into your wallet, it’s everyone’s. And the cost is far offset by the taxes levied on that child when it starts work anyway.
minus-squarefuckingkangaroos@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIts right there in what you typed, its giving them time off. That’s what inventivizes them. I’m part of everyone, so yes, it’s reaching into my wallet.
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago Its right there in what you typed, its giving them time off. That’s what inventivizes them. No it isn’t. I speak from personal experience. Twice.
How is giving fathers a bit of extra time off incentivising increasing the population??? They were going to have the child anyway!
It’s not reaching into your wallet, it’s everyone’s. And the cost is far offset by the taxes levied on that child when it starts work anyway.
Its right there in what you typed, its giving them time off. That’s what inventivizes them.
I’m part of everyone, so yes, it’s reaching into my wallet.
No it isn’t. I speak from personal experience. Twice.