I just don't think people would employ women, then. And it wouldn't be very fair on fathers who would also like to take that year. Is this doable? Would the work still get done?
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GaiaRiot
Can’t we have a similar approach to Sweden where both get something like 9 months each? There must be a way round this so it’s fair and economically viable.
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Replying to @lizlozlizloz @GaiaRiot
That would be good if it's doable. I don't know enough about economics to know how this would be paid for.
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Replying to @GaiaRiot
That doesn't say either. I'd feel guilty about it when resources for the elderly are already so limited and disability living allowance being cut and so many low income families reliant on food banks. If I could see a breakdown which doesn't take provision from anywhere else...
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Replying to @HPluckrose
If our governments can find money for war they can sure as shit find money to actually help people.
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Replying to @GaiaRiot
I don't really know what that means, tbh. If money could be safely cut from defence, I'd like it to go to the NHS, services for the elderly, more tax credits for low income families. It shouldn't come to pay me to care for my own child.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Then is motherhood not valuable at all? How is elderly and sick care valuable but not motherhood? Why would we pay for someone else to care for our children but we shouldn’t get paid to care for our own children?
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Replying to @GaiaRiot
Yes, of course it is. Because elderly and sick people cannot care for themselves. Because they're our children.We are responsible for them. Obviously, I am not talking about people who can't work and provide for their kids or who do but still need help. No money should come to me
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Replying to @HPluckrose
But elderly people are our parents and grandparents, so why aren’t we taking care of them instead? They’re our responsibility too, are they not?
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Not in the same way. We didn't decide to have parents and grandparents.
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