GreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agoCampaigners tie baby slings to statues in call for better UK paternity leavewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down14
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkCampaigners tie baby slings to statues in call for better UK paternity leavewww.theguardian.comGreatAlbatross@feddit.ukM to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareZip2@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day 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-up1arrow-down1·1 day 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-up2arrow-down2·1 day 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.